John 1:17
15 John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
16 From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- KJV
- For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- WEB
- For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- ASV
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- DARBY
- For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
- BLB
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- ÅB
- for loven ble gitt ved Moses, nåden og sannheten kom ved Jesus Kristus.
- OTB
- For slik som loven ble gitt ved Moses; nåde og sannhet ble gitt ved Jesus Kristus.
- B1930
- for loven blev gitt ved Moses, nåden og sannheten kom ved Jesus Kristus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextRomans 3:19–26
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextRomans 5:20–21
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Read in contextJohn 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Read in contextHebrews 9:22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Read in contextJohn 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Read in contextJohn 7:19
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
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