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There was (A)the true Light [a]which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone. 10 He was in the world, and (B)the world [b]was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to what was His [c]own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

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  1. John 1:9 Or which enlightens every person coming into the world
  2. John 1:10 Or came into being, cf. John 1:3
  3. John 1:11 Or own things

This[a] was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world.[b] 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

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11 He came to his own creation,[c] yet his own people did not receive him.

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  1. John 1:9 Lit. He
  2. John 1:9 Or every person who is coming into the world
  3. John 1:11 Or possessions