¹⁴And ^athe Word ^bbecame flesh, and ¹^cdwelt among us, and ^dwe beheld His glory, glory as of the ²only begotten from the Father, full of ^egrace and ^ftruth.

¹⁵John ^*^abore witness about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^bHe who comes after me ¹has been ahead of me, ^cfor He existed before me.’”

¹⁶For of His ^afullness ¹we have all received, and grace ²upon grace.

¹⁷For ^athe Law was given through Moses; ^bgrace and ^ctruth came through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸^aNo one has seen God at any time; ^bthe only begotten God who is ^cin the bosom of the Father, ^dHe has explained Him.

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John 1:16: And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Footnotes

1Or tabernacled, dwelt temporarily
2Or unique, only one of His kind
*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
1Or has a higher rank than
1Lit we all received
2Lit for

Cross references

a Rev 19:13
b Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Phil 2:7f; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14; 1 John 1:1f; 4:2; 2 John 7
c Rev 21:3
d Luke 9:32; John 2:11; 17:22, 24; 2 Pet 1:16f; 1 John 1:1
e John 1:17; Rom 5:21; 6:14
f John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37
a John 1:7
b Matt 3:11; John 1:27, 30
c John 1:30
a Eph 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col 1:19; 2:9
a John 7:19
b John 1:14; Rom 5:21; 6:14
c John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37
a Ex 33:20; John 6:46; Col 1:15; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:12
b John 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9
c Luke 16:22; John 13:23
d John 3:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”) Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”) Indeed, we have all received grace upon grace from his fullness, for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side—he has revealed him.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’ ”

From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth. John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This one was he about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ” For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him known.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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