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

(A)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [a]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. (B)In Him was life, and the life was (C)the Light of mankind. And (D)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [b]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:3 One early ms nothing came into
  2. John 1:5 Or overpower