John 1:7-17

⁷He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

⁸He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not;

¹²but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

¹³who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

¹⁵(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

¹⁶for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.