John 1:1-18 | Grace Upon Grace | August 16, 2020
John 1:1–18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. - He was in the beginning with God. - All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. - In him was life, and the life was the light of men. - The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - 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. - The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. - 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. - For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. - No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.