John 1:1–28

The Deity of Jesus Christ

^1aIn the beginning was ^bthe Word, and the Word was ^cwith God, and ^dthe Word was God.

²¹He was in the beginning with God.

^3aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

^4aIn Him was life, and the life was ^bthe Light of men.

^5aThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ¹comprehend it.

The Witness John

⁶There ¹came a man sent from God, whose name was ^aJohn.

⁷¹He came ^2aas a witness, to testify about the Light, ^bso that all might believe through him.

^81aHe was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

⁹There was ^athe true Light ¹which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

¹⁰He was in the world, and ^athe world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

¹¹He came to His ¹own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

¹²But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^achildren of God, even ^bto those who believe in His name,

^13awho were ¹born, not of ²blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

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

¹⁵John ^atestified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^bHe who comes after me ¹has a higher rank than I, ^cfor He existed before me.’ ”

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

¹⁷For ^athe Law was given through Moses; ^bgrace and ^ctruth ¹were realized through Jesus Christ.

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

The Testimony of John

¹⁹This is ^athe testimony of John, when ^bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites ^cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “^aI am not ¹the Christ.”

²¹They asked him, “What then? Are you ^aElijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you ^bthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

²²Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

²³He said, “I am ^aa voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

²⁵They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ¹Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^athe Prophet?”

²⁶John answered them saying, “^aI baptize ¹in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

²⁷“It is ^aHe who comes after me, the ^bthong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

²⁸These things took place in Bethany ^abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.