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The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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He was with God in the beginning.
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There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
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children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
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No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
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John Testifies About Jesus
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”
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When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
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“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
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And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
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Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
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Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.”
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He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
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Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
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He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
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I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
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Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
