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John 1:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. "
John 1:17
Verse in Context
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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.
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.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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John 1:1
"From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God."
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 by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."
John 1:4
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men."
John 1:5
"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
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