Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(A) In him was life,(B) and that life was the light(C) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(D) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(E)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

Everything came into being through the Word,
    and without the Word
    nothing came into being.
What came into being
    through the Word was life,[a]
    and the life was the light for all people.
The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness doesn’t extinguish the light.

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  1. John 1:4 Or Everything came into being through the Word,/and without the Word / nothing came into being that came into being. In the Word was life