1 In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God;
2 he was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him and without him nothing came to be. Whatever has come to be,
4 found life in him, life which for humans was also light.
5 Light that shines in the dark: light that darkness could not overcome.
6 A man came, sent by God; his name was John.
7 He came to bear witness, as a witness to introduce the Light so that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the Light but a witness to introduce the Light.
9 For the Light was coming into the world, the true Light that enlightens everyone.
10 He was already in the world and through him the world was made, the very world that did not know him.
11 He came to his own, yet his own people did not receive him;
12 but all who have received him he empowers to become children of God for they believe in his Name.
13 These are born, but without seed or carnal desire or will of man: they are born of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh; he had his tent pitched among us, and we have seen his Glory, the Glory of the only Son coming from the Father: fullness of truth and loving-kindness.
15 John bore witness to him openly, saying: This is the one who comes after me, but he is already ahead of me for he was before me.
16 From his fullness we have all received, favor upon favor.
17 For God had given us the Law through Moses, but Truth and Loving-kindness came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but God-the-Only-Son made him known: the one who is in and with the Father.
19 This was the testimony of John when the jews sent priests and levites to ask him, "Who are you?"
20 John recognized the truth and did not deny it. he said, "I am not the Messiah."
21 And they asked him, "Then who are you? Elijah?" He answered, "I am not." They said, "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22 Then they said to him, "Tell us who you are, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. How do you see yourself?"
23 And John said, quoting the prophet Isaiah, "I am the voice crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord."
24 Those who had been sent were Pharisees;
25 so they put a further question to John: "Then why are you baptizing if you are not the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"
26 John answered, "I baptize you with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know;
27 although he comes after me, I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal."
28 This happened in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
30 It is he of whom I said: A man comes after me who is already ahead of me, for he was before me.
31 I myself did not know him, but I came baptizing to prepare for him, so that he might be revealed in Israel."
32 And John also gave this testimony, "I saw the Spirit coming down on him like a dove from heaven and resting on him.
33 I myself did not know him but God who sent me to baptize told me: 'You will see the Spirit coming down and resting on the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
34 Yes, I have seen! and I declare that this is the Chosen One of God."
35 On the following day John was standing there again with two of his disciples.
36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said, "There is the Lamb of God."
37 On hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus.
38 He turned and saw them following, and he said to them, "What are you looking for?" They answered, "Rabbi (which means Master), where are you staying?"
39 Jesus said, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard what John had said and followed Jesus.
41 Early the next morning he found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ),
42 and he brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas" (which means Rock).
43 The next day, Jesus decided to set off for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."
44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets as well: he is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth."
46 Nathanael replied, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming, he said of him, "Here comes an Israelite, a true one; there is nothing false in him."
48 Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" And Jesus said to him, "Before Philip called you, you were under the fig tree and I saw you."
49 Nathanael answered, "Master, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
50 But Jesus replied, "You believe because I said: 'I saw you under the fig tree.' But you will see greater things than that.
51 Truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
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Chapter 1 of the Gospel of John presents Jesus as the Word of God Incarnate, who came to illuminate all and reveal the grace and truth of God to the world. Moreover, the chapter presents the testimony of John the Baptist about Jesus and the rejection of Jesus for his own. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in John 1:
Isaiah 40:3: "A voice cries out, 'In the desert prepare the way to the Lord; make in the wilder one road to our God.'" This verse is quoted in John 1:23, when John Baptist presents himself as he who It fulfills Isaiah's prophecy, preparing the way for the Messiah.
John 3:19-20: "This is judgment: Light came into the world, but men loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil. Whoever practices evil hates light and does not approach the Light, fearing that your works be exposed. " These verses relate to the theme of light presented in John 1:4-5, which states that "in it was life, and this was the light of men. Light shines in darkness, and darkness did not defeat it."
John 5:39: "You carefully study the Scriptures, because you think that you have eternal life in them. And it is the Scriptures that witness to me." This verse relates to the idea presented in John 1:1-2, that Jesus is the Word of God that existed from the beginning and was with God.
Colossians 1:15-17: "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him all things in heaven and earth were created, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or sovereign, powers or authorities, ; all things were created by Him and to Him. He exists before all things, and in Him all things subsist. " These verses relate to the statement of John 1:3 that all things were done through Jesus and nothing that was done was done without Him.
Hebrews 1:1-2: "In the past God spoke many times and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, but in these last days he spoke to us through the Son, to whom he was heir to all things and through Who made the universe. " This verse relates to the idea of John 1:14 that the word became flesh and dwelt among us, revealing the grace and the truth of God to the world.
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