John 1:6-15

English Standard Version

⁶ There was a man ^(A)sent from God, whose name was ^(B)John. ⁷ He came as a ^(C)witness, to bear witness about the light, ^(D)that all might believe through him. ^8 (E)He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

^9 (F)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet ^(G)the world did not know him. ¹¹ He came to ^(H)his own,^[a] and ^(I)his own people^{[b] (J)}did not receive him. ¹² But to all who did receive him, ^(K)who believed in his name, ^(L)he gave the right ^(M)to become ^(N)children of God, ¹³ who ^(O)were born, ^(P)not of blood ^(Q)nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And ^(R)the Word ^(S)became flesh and ^(T)dwelt among us, ^(U)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son^[c] from the Father, full of ^(V)grace and ^(W)truth. ¹⁵ (^(X)John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ^(Y)‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)