John 1:17

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

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 have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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  • John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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  • Romans 3:19–26

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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  • Romans 5:20–21

    Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

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  • John 1:14

    And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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  • Hebrews 9:22

    And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

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  • John 8:32

    And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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  • John 7:19

    Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

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