⁷ He came as a witness to testify^(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^{(B) 8} He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹ The true light^(C) that gives light to everyone^(D) was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(E) the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(F)