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

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This[a] was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.[b] 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

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11 He came to his own creation,[c] yet his own people did not receive him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:9 Lit. He
  2. John 1:9 Or every person who is coming into the world
  3. John 1:11 Or possessions

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

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

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