John 1:4-10

Common English Bible

⁴     through the Word was life,^[a]
    and the life was the light for all people.
⁵ The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.

⁹ The true light that shines on all people
    was coming into the world.
¹⁰ The light was in the world,
    and the world came into being through the light,
        but the world didn’t recognize the light.