Christmas Day - John 1:1-18

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John 1:1-18 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

John 1

Prologue

 ¹ In the beginning was the Word,     and the Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
    ² He was with God in the beginning.
    ³ All things were created through Him,
    and apart from Him not one thing was created
    that has been created.
    ⁴ Life was in Him,
    and that life was the light of men.
    ⁵ That light shines in the darkness,
    yet the darkness did not overcome it.
    ⁶ There was a man named John
    who was sent from God.
    ⁷ He came as a witness
    to testify about the light,
    so that all might believe through him.
    ⁸ He was not the light,
    but he came to testify about the light.
    ⁹ The true light, who gives light to everyone,
    was coming into the world.
    ¹⁰ He was in the world,
    and the world was created through Him,
    yet the world did not recognize Him.
    ¹¹ He came to His own,
    and His own people did not receive Him.
    ¹² But to all who did receive Him,
    He gave them the right to be children of God,
    to those who believe in His name,
    ¹³ who were born,
    not of blood,
    or of the will of the flesh,
    or of the will of man,
    but of God.
    ¹⁴ The Word became flesh
    and took up residence among us.
    We observed His glory,
    the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
    full of grace and truth.
    ¹⁵ (John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
    "This was the One of whom I said,
    'The One coming after me has surpassed me,
    because He existed before me. ' ")
    ¹⁶ Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
    from His fullness,
    ¹⁷ for although the law was given through Moses;
    grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
    ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God.
    The One and Only Son —
    the One who is at the Father's side —
    He has revealed Him.