Thematic Bible
John 1:1 (show verse)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 (show verse)
This one was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 (show verse)
All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.
John 1:4 (show verse)
In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.
John 1:5 (show verse)
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
John 1:6 (show verse)
A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.
John 1:7 (show verse)
This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.
John 1:8 (show verse)
That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.
John 1:9 (show verse)
The true light, who gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
John 1:10 (show verse)
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, and the world did not recognize him.
John 1:11 (show verse)
He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.
John 1:12 (show verse)
But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,
John 1:13 (show verse)
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God.
John 1:14 (show verse)
And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:15 (show verse)
John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"
John 1:16 (show verse)
For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.
John 1:17 (show verse)
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
John 1:18 (show verse)
No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.
John 1:19 (show verse)
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"
John 1:20 (show verse)
And he confessed--and he did not deny, and confessed--"I am not the Christ!"
John 1:21 (show verse)
And they asked him, "Then who [are] you? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No!"
John 1:22 (show verse)
Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
John 1:23 (show verse)
He said, "I [am] 'the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."
John 1:24 (show verse)
(And they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
John 1:25 (show verse)
And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
John 1:26 (show verse)
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water. In your midst stands [one] whom you do not know--
John 1:27 (show verse)
the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy {to untie} the strap of his sandal!"
John 1:28 (show verse)
These [things] took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 1:29 (show verse)
On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:30 (show verse)
This one is [the one] about whom I said, 'After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'
John 1:31 (show verse)
And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."
John 1:32 (show verse)
And John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him.
John 1:33 (show verse)
And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
John 1:34 (show verse)
And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.
John 1:35 (show verse)
On the next day again John was standing [there], and two of his disciples,
John 1:36 (show verse)
and looking at Jesus [as he] was walking by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"
John 1:37 (show verse)
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
John 1:38 (show verse)
And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
John 1:39 (show verse)
He said to them, "Come and you will see!" So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day (it was about the tenth hour).
John 1:40 (show verse)
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.
John 1:41 (show verse)
This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").
John 1:42 (show verse)
He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is interpreted "Peter").
John 1:43 (show verse)
On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"
John 1:44 (show verse)
(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
John 1:45 (show verse)
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found [the one] whom Moses wrote [about] in the law, and the prophets wrote [about]--Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!"
John 1:46 (show verse)
And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!"
John 1:47 (show verse)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"
John 1:48 (show verse)
Nathanael said to him, "From where do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, [when you] were under the fig tree, I saw you."
John 1:49 (show verse)
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"
John 1:50 (show verse)
Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater [things] than these!"
John 1:51 (show verse)
And he said to him, "Truly, truly I say to all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."