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John 1

The Deity of Jesus Christ

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 aIn the beginning was  bthe Word, and the Word was  cwith God, and  dthe Word was God.

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 1He was in the beginning with God.

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 aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

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 aIn Him was life, and the life was  bthe Light of men.

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 aThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not  1comprehend it.

The Witness John

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There  1came a man sent from God, whose name was  aJohn.

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 1He came  2 aas a witness, to testify about the Light,  bso that all might believe through him.

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 1 aHe was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

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There was  athe true Light  1which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

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He was in the world, and  athe world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

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He came to His  1own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

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But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become  achildren of God, even  bto those who believe in His name,

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 awho were  1born, not of  2blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

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And  athe Word  bbecame flesh, and  1 cdwelt among us, and  dwe saw His glory, glory as of  2the only begotten from the Father, full of  egrace and  ftruth.

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John * atestified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, ` bHe who comes after me  1has a higher rank than I,  cfor He existed before me.' "

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For of His  afullness  1we have all received, and  2grace upon grace.

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For  athe Law was given through Moses;  bgrace and  ctruth  1were realized through Jesus Christ.

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 aNo one has seen God at any time;  bthe only begotten God who is  cin the bosom of the Father,  dHe has explained Him.

The Testimony of John

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This is  athe testimony of John, when  bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites  cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

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And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, " aI am not  1the Christ."

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They asked him, "What then? Are you  aElijah?" And he *said, "I am not." "Are you  bthe Prophet?" And he answered, "No."

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Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

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He said, "I am  aA VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, `MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

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Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

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They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the  1Christ, nor Elijah, nor  athe Prophet?"

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John answered them saying, " aI baptize  1in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

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"It is  aHe who comes after me, the  bthong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

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These things took place in Bethany  abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold,  athe Lamb of God who  btakes away the sin of the world!

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"This is He on behalf of whom I said, ` aAfter me comes a Man who  1has a higher rank than I,  bfor He existed before me.'

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"I did not recognize  1Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing  2in water."

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John  atestified saying, " bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

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"I did not recognize  1Him, but He who sent me to baptize  2in water said to me, `He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him,  athis is the One who baptizes  2in the Holy Spirit.'

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"I myself have seen, and have testified that this is  athe Son of God."

Jesus' Public Ministry, First Converts

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Again  athe next day John was standing  1with two of his disciples,

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and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, "Behold,  athe Lamb of God!"

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The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

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And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, " aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?"

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He *said to them, "Come, and you will see." So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the  1tenth hour.

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 aOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

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He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, "We have found the  aMessiah" (which translated means  1Christ).

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He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of  1 aJohn; you shall be called  bCephas" (which is translated  2 cPeter).

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 aThe next day He purposed to go into  bGalilee, and He *found  cPhilip. And Jesus *said to him, dFollow Me."

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Now  aPhilip was from  bBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

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 aPhilip *found  bNathanael and *said to him, "We have found Him of whom  cMoses in the Law and also  cthe Prophets wrote--Jesus of  dNazareth,  ethe son of Joseph."

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Nathanael said to him, " aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?"  bPhilip *said to him, "Come and see."

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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, "Behold, an  aIsraelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

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Nathanael *said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before  aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

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Nathanael answered Him, " aRabbi, You are  bthe Son of God; You are the  cKing of Israel."

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Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

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And He *said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see  athe heavens opened and  bthe angels of God ascending and descending on  cthe Son of Man."



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