John 1:1-18

Tree of Life Version

The Word Becomes Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word.^[a] The Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ All things were made through Him, and apart from Him nothing was made that has come into being. ⁴ In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.

⁶ There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that through him everyone might believe. ⁸ He was not the light, but he came to bear witness concerning the light. ⁹ The true light, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through Him; but the world did not know Him. ¹¹ He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him. ¹² But whoever did receive Him, those trusting in His name, to these He gave the right to become children of God. ¹³ They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, but of God. ¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory,^[b] the glory of the one and only^[c] from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John testifies about Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One who comes after me is above me, because He existed before me.’” ¹⁶ Out of His fullness, we have all received grace on top of grace. ¹⁷ Torah was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; but the one and only God,^[d] in the Father’s embrace, has made Him known.