¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and ^othe world did not know Him. ¹¹^pHe came to His ³own, and His ⁴own did not receive Him.

The Acceptance of Christ

¹²But ^qas many as received Him, to them He gave the ⁵right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: ¹³^rwho were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Incarnation of Christ

¹⁴^sAnd the Word ^tbecame ^uflesh and dwelt among us, and ^vwe beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ^wfull of grace and truth.

¹⁵^xJohn bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ^y‘He who comes after me ⁶is preferred before me, ^zfor He was before me.’ ”

¹⁶⁷And of His ^afullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

Read in Logos

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

Footnotes

3His own things or domain
4His own people
5authority
6ranks higher than I
7NU For

Cross references

o Acts 13:27; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2
p Is. 53:3; [Luke 19:14]
q[John 11:52]; Gal. 3:26
r[John 3:5]; James 1:18; [1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 2:29; 3:9]
s Matt. 1:16; Rev. 19:13
t Rom. 1:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:7; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 1:1; 4:2; 2 John 7
u Heb. 2:11
v Is. 40:5; 2 Pet. 1:16–18
w[John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37]; Col. 1:19
x Mal. 3:1; John 3:32
y[Matt. 3:11]
z[Col. 1:17]
a[Eph. 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col. 1:19; 2:9]

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.

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,

NLTNew Living Translation

He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him. He came to his own things, and his own people did not receive him. But as many as received him—to those who believe in his name—he gave to them authority to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 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.

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