Grace and Truth

In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God. 

He was with God

in the beginning. 

Through him all things were made;

without him nothing was made

that has been made. 

In him was life, 

and that life

was the light 

of all mankind. 

The light

shines in the darkness, 

and the darkness

has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light,

so that through him all might believe. 

He himself was not the light;

he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹ The true light 

that gives light

to everyone was coming into the world. 

He was in the world,

and though the world

was made through him, 

the world did not recognize him. 

He came to that which was his own,

but his own did not receive him. 

Yet to all who did receive him,

to those who believed in his name, 

he gave the right to become children of God— 

children born not of natural descent,

nor of human decision

or a husband’s will,

but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh 

and made his dwelling

among us.

We have seen his glory, 

the glory of the one and only Son,

who came from the Father,

full of

grace 

and

truth.

John 1

Jesus

saves.