Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Holman Bible
grace and truth
International Standard Version
because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.
A Conservative Version
Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Amplified
For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
An Understandable Version
For the law was given through Moses; [but] God's favor and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Anderson New Testament
for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
Bible in Basic English
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the law indeed was delivered by Moses, but grace and truth was the dispensation of Jesus Christ.
Darby Translation
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
Godbey New Testament
Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John Wesley New Testament
but grace and truth was by Jesus Christ.
Julia Smith Translation
For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth were by Jesus Christ.
King James 2000
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
Modern King James verseion
For the Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Moffatt New Testament
while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.
Montgomery New Testament
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
NET Bible
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
New Heart English Bible
For the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Noyes New Testament
For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Sawyer New Testament
for the law was given by Moses, the grace and truth were by Jesus Christ.
The Emphasized Bible
Because, the law, through Moses, was given, favour and truth, through Jesus Christ, came into existence.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For the law was given by Moses, but the grace and the reality came by Jesus Christ.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the Law was given through Moses, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Webster
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Weymouth New Testament
For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Williams New Testament
For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
World English Bible
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Worrell New Testament
because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Worsley New Testament
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ:
Youngs Literal Translation
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
Themes
Christ » Grace of » Exhibited in childhood
Grace » Of Christ » Exhibited in childhood
Grace » Christ's » Exhibited in childhood
Jesus Christ » History of » John's testimony concerning him
the Law of moses » Was not the manifestation of the grace of God
The word of God » Jesus Christ being the word of God
Truth » The truth coming by jesus Christ
Truth » The gospel as » Came by Christ
Truth » The gospel as, came by Christ
Urim and thummim » Illustrative of the light and perfection of Christ, the true high priest
Topics
Interlinear
Dia
διά
Dia
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 36 Translations in John 1:17
Prayers for John 1:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Prologue To John's Gospel
16 And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.
Phrases
Cross References
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"
John 8:32
And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Luke 1:54-55
He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
Luke 1:68-79
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,
John 5:45
Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.
John 9:29
We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not know where he comes from."
Acts 7:38
This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to us.
Acts 13:34-39
As for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to decay, he spoke in this way: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
Acts 28:23
When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.
Romans 3:19-26
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 5:20-21
Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
Romans 15:8-12
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised to show God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
2 Corinthians 1:20
For as many as are the promises of God, in him they are Yes. And so through him we speak our Amen to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 3:7-10
Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,
Galatians 3:10-13
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them."
Galatians 3:17
What I mean is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.
Hebrews 3:5-6
Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,
Hebrews 8:8-12
For he finds fault with them when he says: "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
Hebrews 9:22
Indeed, under the law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 10:4-10
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 11:39-40
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,
Revelation 5:8-10
And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 7:9-17
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;