Thematic Bible
John 1:1 (show verse)
In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.
John 1:2 (show verse)
It was he that was with God in the beginning.
John 1:3 (show verse)
Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be.
John 1:4 (show verse)
It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind.
John 1:5 (show verse)
The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.
John 1:6 (show verse)
There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God.
John 1:7 (show verse)
He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.
John 1:8 (show verse)
He was not the light; he came to testify to the light.
John 1:9 (show verse)
The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.
John 1:10 (show verse)
He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him.
John 1:11 (show verse)
He came to his home, and his own family did not welcome him.
John 1:12 (show verse)
But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,
John 1:13 (show verse)
owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.
John 1:14 (show verse)
So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.
John 1:15 (show verse)
(John testified to him and cried out??or it was he who said it??He who was to come after me is now ahead of me