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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,^(a) and the Word was with God,^(b) and the Word was God.^(c)

He was with God in the beginning.^(d)

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(e)

In him was life,^(f) and that life was the light^(g) of all mankind.

The light shines in the darkness,^(h) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.⁽ⁱ⁾

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^(j)

He came as a witness to testify^(k) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(l)

He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

The true light^(m) that gives light to everyone⁽ⁿ⁾ was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(o) the world did not recognize him.

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(p)

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(q) in his name,^(r) he gave the right to become children of God^(s)—

children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.^(t)

The Word became flesh^(u) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(v) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(w) and truth.^(x)