'One' in the Bible

"I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, 'Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."

"I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know--

This is He about whom I said, 'After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'

I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John's exclamation and followed Jesus.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.

Now there was one of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus--a ruler among the Jews.

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So is it with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.

in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."

For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives.

"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

"Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me."

The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.

How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom your hope rests.

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

Every one whom the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will never on any account drive away.

For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

"no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.

It stands written in the Prophets, 'And they shall all of them be taught by God'. Every one who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me.

No one has ever seen the Father--except Him who is from God. He has seen the Father.

So He added, "That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

And we have come to believe and know that *you* are indeed the Holy One of God."

"Did not I choose you--the Twelve?" said Jesus, "and even of you one is a devil."

He alluded to Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot. For he it was who, though one of the Twelve, was afterwards to betray Him.

For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things, show yourself openly to the world."

Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

"You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."

"One deed I have done," replied Jesus, "and you are all full of wonder.

And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from."

Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.

The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him, but no one laid hands upon Him.

"has any one of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

Nicodemus interposed--he who had formerly gone to Jesus, being himself one of them.

They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest, took their departure, one by one, till all were gone. And Jesus was left behind alone--and the woman in the centre of the court.

Then, raising His head, Jesus said to her, "Where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

"No one, Sir," she replied. "And *I* do not condemn you either," said Jesus; "go, and from this time do not sin any more."

You judge according to appearances: I am judging no one.

I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me."

These sayings He uttered in the Treasury, while teaching in the Temple; yet no one arrested Him, because His time had not yet come.

The Jews began to ask one another, "Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, 'Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come'?"

"We are descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, 'You shall become free'?"

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

You are doing the deeds of your father." "We," they replied, "are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God."

I, however, am not aiming at glory for myself: there is One who aims at glory for me--and who judges.

In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death."

"Now," exclaimed the Jews, "we know that you are possessed by a demon. Abraham died, and so did the Prophets, and yet *you* say, 'If any one shall have obeyed my teaching, he shall in no case ever taste death.'

"Were I to glorify myself," answered Jesus, "I should have no real glory. There is One who glorifies me--namely my Father, who you say is your God.

We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.

Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."

We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.

The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand.

What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.

I and the Father are one."

how is it that you say to one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

"Are there not twelve hours in the day?" replied Jesus. "If any one walks in the daytime, he does not stumble--because he sees the light of this world.

and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?"

Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.

But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it.

You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."

and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

They therefore looked out for Jesus, and asked one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? --will he come to the Festival at all?"

Now the High Priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if any one knew where He was, he should give information, so that they might arrest Him.

So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus)

I have come like light into the world, in order that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

And if any one hears my teachings and regards them not, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."

If I then, your Master and Rabbi, have washed your feet, it is also your duty to wash one another's feet.

After speaking thus Jesus was troubled in spirit and said with deep earnestness, "In most solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know to which of them He was referring.

There was at table one of His disciples--the one Jesus loved-- reclining with his head on Jesus's bosom.

"It is the one," answered Jesus, "for whom I shall dip this piece of bread and to whom I shall give it." Accordingly He dipped the piece of bread, and took it and gave it to Judas, the son of the Iscariot Simon.

But why He said this no one else at the table understood.

A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.

It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."

"I am the Way," replied Jesus, "and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

"If any one loves me," replied Jesus, "he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.

This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.

"Thus I command you to love one another.