⁶There was a man named John ⁿ who was sent by God. ⁷He came to tell people the truth about the Light so that through him all people could hear about the Light and believe.

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John 1:7: He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

Footnotes

nJohn John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3, Luke 3).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.

NLTNew Living Translation

God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

KJV 1900King James Version

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

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