13 (A)who were [a]born, not of [b]blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

14 And (B)the Word (C)became flesh, and [c](D)dwelt among us, and (E)we saw His glory, glory as of [d]the only begotten from the Father, full of (F)grace and (G)truth. 15 John *(H)testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘(I)He who comes after me [e]has a higher rank than I, (J)for He existed before me.’”

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:13 Or begotten
  2. John 1:13 Lit bloods
  3. John 1:14 Or tabernacled; i.e. lived temporarily
  4. John 1:14 Or unique, only one of His kind
  5. John 1:15 Lit has become before me

13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(A)

14 The Word became flesh(B) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(C) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(D) and truth.(E)

15 (John testified(F) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(G)

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