^1:6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.¹⁴^1:7He came as a witness¹⁵ to testify¹⁶ about the light, so that everyone¹⁷ might believe through him.

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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

14 John refers to John the Baptist.
15 Grk “came for a testimony.” Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (martureō) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).
16 Or “to bear witness.”
17 Grk “all.”

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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