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

God created everything through him,
    and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created,[a]
    and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness can never extinguish it.[b]

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  1. 1:3-4 Or and nothing that was created was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything.
  2. 1:5 Or and the darkness has not understood it.