John 1:1
English Standard Version
The Word Became Flesh
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God.
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John 1:1
New Living Translation
Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word
1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
John 1:1
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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John 1:1
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [b]Himself.(A)
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- John 1:1 In John’s vision (Rev. 19), he sees Christ returning as Warrior-Messiah-King, and “the title by which He is called is The Word of God... and Lord of lords” (Rev. 19:13, 16).
- John 1:1 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: “God” appears first in the Greek word order in this phrase, denoting emphasis—so “God Himself.”
John 1:18
New Living Translation
18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God,[a] is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
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- 1:18 Some manuscripts read But the one and only Son.
John 1:18
King James Version
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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John 1:18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
18 No man has ever seen God at any time; the only [a]unique Son, or [b]the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].(A)
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John 5:18
New Living Translation
18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.
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John 5:18
King James Version
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
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John 5:18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
18 This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him [to do away with Him]; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being [in a special sense] His own Father, making Himself equal [putting Himself on a level] with God.
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John 10:33
English Standard Version
33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but (A)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, (B)make yourself God.”
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John 10:33
New Living Translation
33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
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John 10:33
King James Version
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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John 10:33
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
33 The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere [a]Man, make Yourself [out to be] God.
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- John 10:33 Capitalized because of what He is, the spotless Son of God, not what the speaker may have thought He was.
John 10:33
English Standard Version
33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but (A)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, (B)make yourself God.”
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John 10:33
New Living Translation
33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
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John 10:33
King James Version
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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John 10:33
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
33 The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere [a]Man, make Yourself [out to be] God.
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- John 10:33 Capitalized because of what He is, the spotless Son of God, not what the speaker may have thought He was.
John 14:9
English Standard Version
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? (A)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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John 14:9
New Living Translation
9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?
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John 14:9
King James Version
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
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John 14:9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
9 Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father?
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John 20:28
English Standard Version
28 Thomas answered him, (A)“My Lord and my God!”
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John 20:28
King James Version
28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
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John 20:28
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
28 Thomas answered Him, My Lord and my God!
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