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John Chapter 1 (NIV)

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undefined The Word Became FleshIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
undefined He was with God in the beginning.
undefined Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
undefined In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
undefined The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
undefined There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.
undefined He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.
undefined He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
undefined The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
undefined He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
undefined He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
undefined Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
undefined children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
undefined The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
undefined John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”
undefined From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
undefined For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
undefined No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.
undefined John the Baptist Denies Being the ChristNow this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
undefined He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Christ.”
undefined They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”He said, “I am not.”“Are you the Prophet?”He answered, “No.”
undefined Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
undefined John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
undefined Now some Pharisees who had been sent
undefined questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
undefined “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.
undefined He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
undefined This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
undefined Jesus the Lamb of GodThe next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
undefined This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’
undefined I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
undefined Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
undefined I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
undefined I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.”
undefined Jesus’ First DisciplesThe next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
undefined When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
undefined When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
undefined Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”They said, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”
undefined “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.
undefined Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.
undefined The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
undefined And he brought him to Jesus.Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
undefined Jesus Calls Philip and NathanaelThe next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
undefined Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
undefined Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
undefined “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.“Come and see,” said Philip.
undefined When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.”
undefined “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
undefined Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”
undefined Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that.”
undefined He then added, “I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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