John 1:9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)
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- 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world
John 1:9
Contemporary English Version
9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.
John 1:9-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)
10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him.(B) 11 He came to what was his own,[b] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(C) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(D)
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[c] full of grace and truth.(E)
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John 1:9-14
Contemporary English Version
9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.
10 The Word was in the world,
but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
with his Word.
11 He came into his own world,
but his own nation
did not welcome him.
12 Yet some people accepted him
and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
to be the children of God.
13 They were not God's children
by nature or because
of any human desires.
God himself was the one
who made them his children.
14 The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him the complete gifts
of undeserved grace and truth
have come down to us.
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