Most Popular Bible Verses in John 1
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But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.
And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.
The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!
Through him all things came into being, and nothing came into being apart from him.
He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.
No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.
He was in the world; and through him the world came into being--yet the world did not know him.
For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.
When the Jews sent some Priests and Levites to John from Jerusalem, to ask--"Who are you?", his statement was this:
"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
And their next question was: "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor yet 'the Prophet'?"
John's answer was--"I baptize with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know;
I myself did not know him, but, that he may be made known to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water."
All this took place at Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was then baptizing.
The following day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip, and said to him: "Follow me."
I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining upon him--he it is who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"
It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'
Then he brought him to Jesus. Fixing his eyes on him, Jesus said: "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Kephas" (which means 'Peter,' or 'Rock').
John also made this statement--"I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of the heavens, and it remained upon him.
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.)
But Jesus turned round, and saw them following. "What are you looking for?" he asked. "Rabbi," they answered (or, as we should say, "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
"Come, and you shall see," he replied. So they went, and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was then about four in the afternoon.
"Do you believe in me," asked Jesus, "because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You shall see greater things than those!
"How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Even before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
In truth I tell you," he added, "you shall all see Heaven open, and 'the angels of God ascending and descending' upon the Son of Man."
"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" asked Nathanael. "Come and see," replied Philip.
When Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said: "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!"
One of the two, who heard what John said and followed Jesus, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
"What then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he said, "I am not." "Are you 'the Prophet'?" He answered, "No."
"I," he answered, "am--'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness--"straighten the way of the Lord"', as the Prophet Isaiah said."
(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");
This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."