Life was in Him,[a](A)
and that life was the light(B) of men.
That light shines(C) in the darkness,
yet the darkness did not overcome[b] it.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:4 Other punctuation is possible: . . . not one thing was created. What was created in Him was life
  2. John 1:5 Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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The true light,(A) who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:9 Or The true light who comes into the world gives light to everyone, or The true light enlightens everyone coming into the world.

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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