John:1:1-18

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* In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was face to face with God , and the Word was God . * He was face to face with God in the Beginning . * All things came into being through him , and apart from him nothing that exists came into being . * In him was life , and the life was the light of men . * And the light is shining in the darkness , and the darkness has not overwhelmed it * A man came into being , sent from God , whose name was John . * He came as a witness , that he might bear testimony concerning the Light - so that all men might believe through him . * He was not the Light ; it was to bear testimony concerning the Light that he came into being . * The true Light , which enlightens every man , was then coming into the world . * He was in the world , and through him the world came into being , yet the world knew him not . * He came to his own creation , and his own folk welcomed him not . * But to all who receive him , to them he has given the right to become children of God , even to those who trust in his name ; * who were born , not of blood , nor of the will of the flesh , nor of the will of man , but of God . * And the Word became flesh and tented with us . And we gazed on his glory - glory as of the Fathers only Son - full of grace and truth . * John bore witness concerning him , and cried aloud , saying , "This is he of whom I said , He who is coming after me has been put before me , for he was before me ." * For out of his fulness we have all received , yes , grace upon grace . * For the Law was given by Moses , but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ . * No man has ever seen God ; God , only begotten , who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him .

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