(A)In Him was life, and the life was (B)the Light of mankind. And (C)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overpower

In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines on in the [a]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(A)

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  1. John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

In him was life,(A) and that life was the light(B) of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,(C) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(D)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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