14 The Word(A) became flesh(B) and dwelt[a] among us. We observed his glory,(C) the glory as the one and only(D) Son[b] from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me(E) ranks ahead of me,(F) because he existed before me.’”)(G) 16 Indeed, we have all received grace(H) upon[c] grace from his fullness, 17 for the law was given through Moses;(I) grace and truth(J) came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. The one and only(K) Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s(L) side[d]—he has revealed him.(M)

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  1. 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled
  2. 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.
  3. 1:16 Or in place of
  4. 1:18 Other mss read The one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side

14 And the Word became flesh and took up residence among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This one was he about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’” 16 For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father—that one has made him[a] known.

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  1. John 1:18 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation