John 1:1
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The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(A)
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John 1:1
Good News Translation
The Word of Life
1 In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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John 1:10-18
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10 He was in the world, and the world came into being through him, yet the world did not know him.(A) 11 He came to what was his own,[a] and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(B) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(C)
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son,[b] full of grace and truth.(D) 15 (John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ ”) 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.[c](E) 17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(F) 18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who[d] is close to the Father’s heart,[e] who has made him known.(G)
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John 1:10-18
Good News Translation
10 The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him. 12 Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children. 13 They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.
14 The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.
15 John spoke about him. He cried out, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’”
16 Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another. 17 God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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