All things were created(A) through him,(B) and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. In him was life,[a](C) and that life was the light(D) of men. That light shines(E) in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome[b] it.(F)

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  1. 1:3–4 Other punctuation is possible:... not one thing was created. What was created in him was life
  2. 1:5 Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35

Through him all things were made, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.[a] And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.[b]

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  1. John 1:4 Lit. was the light of people
  2. John 1:5 Or understood it