John 1:7-17

⁷This man came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

⁸He himself was not the Light but was to testify about the Light—

⁹the true Light which illumines everyone who comes into the world.

¹⁰He was in the world, the world that came into being by Him, yet the world did not know Him.

¹¹He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him.

¹²But, as many as did receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe into His name:

¹³who were begotten, not by blood, nor by the desire of the flesh, nor by the will of a man, but by God.

¹⁴So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵John testified about Him and called out saying: “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’ ”

¹⁶Now we have all received from His fullness, yes, grace upon grace.

¹⁷Because the Law was given through Moses; the Grace and the Truth came through Jesus Christ.