John 1:1-9

New International Version

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C) ²He was with God in the beginning.^(D) ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(E) ⁴In him was life,^(F) and that life was the light^(G) of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness,^(H) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.^(I)

⁶There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^(J) ⁷He came as a witness to testify^(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(L) ⁸He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹The true light^(M) that gives light to everyone^(N) was coming into the world.

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Footnotes

John 1:5 Or understood

Proverbs 8:23-31

New International Version

²³I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
²⁴When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
    when there were no springs overflowing with water;^(A)
²⁵before the mountains were settled in place,^(B)
    before the hills, I was given birth,^(C)
²⁶before he made the world or its fields
    or any of the dust of the earth.^(D)
²⁷I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(E)
    when he marked out the horizon^(F) on the face of the deep,
²⁸when he established the clouds above^(G)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,^(H)
²⁹when he gave the sea its boundary^(I)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(J)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(K)
³⁰    Then I was constantly^[a] at his side.^(L)
I was filled with delight day after day,
    rejoicing always in his presence,
³¹rejoicing in his whole world
    and delighting in mankind.^(M)