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John 1:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. "
John 1:16
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14 The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
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John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 1:2
"The same was in the beginning with God."
John 1:3
"All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made."
John 1:4
"In him was life, and the life was the light of men."
John 1:5
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it."
John 1:6
"There came a man sent from God, whose name was John."
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