Jn 1:6-18

6^* A man named John was sent from God.^e 7He came for testimony,^* to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.^f 8He was not the light, but came to testify to the light.^g 9The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.^h

10He was in the world,

and the world came to be through him,

but the world did not know him.

11He came to what was his own,

but his own people^* did not accept him.

12ⁱ But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, 13^{* j} who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God.

14And the Word became flesh^*

and made his dwelling among us,

and we saw his glory,

the glory as of the Father’s only Son,

full of grace and truth.^k

15^* John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said,^l ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’” 16From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace,^* 17because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^m 18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God,^* who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.ⁿ