1John 1

1From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.Select John 1:1

2This Word was from the first in relation with God.Select John 1:2

3All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.Select John 1:3

4What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.Select John 1:4

5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.Select John 1:5

6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.Select John 1:6

7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.Select John 1:7

8He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.Select John 1:8

9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.Select John 1:9

10He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.Select John 1:10

11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.Select John 1:11

12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:Select John 1:12

13Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.Select John 1:13

14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.Select John 1:14

15John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.Select John 1:15

16From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.Select John 1:16

17For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.Select John 1:17

18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.Select John 1:18

19And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?Select John 1:19

20He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.Select John 1:20

21And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.Select John 1:21

22So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?Select John 1:22

23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.Select John 1:23

24Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.Select John 1:24

25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?Select John 1:25

26John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;Select John 1:26

27It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.Select John 1:27

28These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.Select John 1:28

29The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!Select John 1:29

30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.Select John 1:30

31I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.Select John 1:31

32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.Select John 1:32

33I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.Select John 1:33

34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.Select John 1:34

35The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;Select John 1:35

36And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!Select John 1:36

37Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.Select John 1:37

38And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living? +Select John 1:38

39He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.Select John 1:39

40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.Select John 1:40

41Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).Select John 1:41

42And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).Select John 1:42

43The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.Select John 1:43

44Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.Select John 1:44

45Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.Select John 1:45

46Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.Select John 1:46

47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.Select John 1:47

48Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.Select John 1:48

49Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!Select John 1:49

50In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.Select John 1:50

51And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.Select John 1:51