John 1:15

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John 1:15

John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."

Matthew 3:11

I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry His shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

Matthew 3:13-17

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

Mark 1:7

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

John expressly answered them all, "I am baptizing you in water only, but there is coming the One who is stronger than I am, whose shoestrings I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

John 1:1-2

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

John 1:7-8

He came for the purpose of testifying, to testify to the light, so that everyone through him might come to believe.

John 1:27

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

John 1:29-34

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God who is to take away the world's sin.

John 3:26-36

And they went to John and said to him, "Teacher, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony yourself, is baptizing people and everybody is going to Him."

John 5:33-36

You yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

John 8:58

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."

John 17:5

So now, Father, glorify me up there in your presence just as you did before the world existed.

Philippians 2:6-7

Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,

Colossians 1:17

So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, forever.

Revelation 1:11

"Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 1:17-18

So when I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He laid His right hand upon me and said: "Do not be afraid any more. I am the First and the Last;

Revelation 2:8

"To the messenger of the church in Smyrna write: "'The First and the Last, who once was dead but came to life again, speaks as follows:

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Summary

John 1:15

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.

Bare

He was

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Bare

He came for the purpose of testifying, to testify to the light, so that everyone through him might come to believe.

And they went to John and said to him, "Teacher, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony yourself, is baptizing people and everybody is going to Him."

You yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry His shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

He was

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."

So now, Father, glorify me up there in your presence just as you did before the world existed.

Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,

So He existed before all things, and through Him all things are held together.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, forever.

"Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

"To the messenger of the church in Smyrna write: "'The First and the Last, who once was dead but came to life again, speaks as follows:

General references

He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

So with many and varied exhortations John continued to proclaim the good news to the people.

This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before me, because He existed before me.'

as John, before His coming, had already preached baptism as an expression of repentance, for all the people of Israel.