John 1:7-17

⁷He came as a witness to explain about the light so that everyone might believe through him.

⁸He himself was not the light, but he came to witness to the light.

⁹The true light was coming into the world to give light to everyone.

¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world didn't know who he was.

¹¹He came to his own people, but they didn't accept him.

¹²But to all those who accepted him and trusted in him, he gave the right to become God's children.

¹³These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, but born of God.

¹⁴The Word became human and lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John gave his testimony about him, shouting out to the people, “This is the one I was telling you about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is more important than me, for before I ever existed he already was.’”

¹⁶We have all been recipients of his generous nature, one gracious gift after another.

¹⁷The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.