John 1:6–8
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1:6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.141:7He came as a witness15 to testify16 about the light, so that everyone17 might believe through him. 1:8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify18 about the light.
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- 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.”
- 18 Or “to bear witness.”
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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. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
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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. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
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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. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
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NLTNew Living Translation
God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.
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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. That one was not the light, but came in order that he could testify about the light.
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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. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
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