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)
The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 (show verse)
All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
John 1:4 (show verse)
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5 (show verse)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
John 1:6 (show verse)
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1:7 (show verse)
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
John 1:8 (show verse)
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
John 1:9 (show verse)
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
John 1:10 (show verse)
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.
John 1:11 (show verse)
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
John 1:12 (show verse)
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
John 1:13 (show verse)
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:14 (show verse)
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:15 (show verse)
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
John 1:16 (show verse)
From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
John 1:17 (show verse)
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
John 1:18 (show verse)
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
John 1:19 (show verse)
This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
John 1:20 (show verse)
He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."
John 1:21 (show verse)
They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."
John 1:22 (show verse)
They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back 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 in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
John 1:24 (show verse)
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
John 1:25 (show verse)
They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
John 1:26 (show verse)
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
John 1:27 (show verse)
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
John 1:28 (show verse)
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 1:29 (show verse)
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:30 (show verse)
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
John 1:31 (show verse)
I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."
John 1:32 (show verse)
John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:33 (show verse)
I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
John 1:34 (show verse)
I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
John 1:35 (show verse)
Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
John 1:36 (show verse)
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
John 1:37 (show verse)
The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
John 1:38 (show verse)
Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
John 1:39 (show verse)
He said to them, "Come, and see." 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)
One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
John 1:41 (show verse)
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
John 1:42 (show verse)
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
John 1:43 (show verse)
On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
John 1:44 (show verse)
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
John 1:45 (show verse)
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
John 1:46 (show verse)
Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
John 1:47 (show verse)
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
John 1:48 (show verse)
Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered 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 King of Israel!"
John 1:50 (show verse)
Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!"
John 1:51 (show verse)
He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."