and out of his fullness did we all receive,
and grace over-against grace;

John doth testify concerning him,
and hath cried, saying,
'This was he of whom I said,
He who after me is coming,
hath come before me,
for he was before me;'

And the Word became flesh,
and did tabernacle among us,
and we beheld his glory,
glory as of an only begotten of a father,
full of grace and truth.

who, not of blood nor of a will of flesh,
nor of a will of man,
but of God were begotten.

but as many as did receive him
       to them he gave authority
       to become sons of God 
       to those believing in his name,

to his own things he came,
and his own people did not receive him;

in the world he [Jesus] was,
and the world through him was made,
and the world did not know him:

 He [Jesus] was the true Light,
which doth enlighten every man,
coming to the world;

that one [John] was not the Light,
       but that he might testify about the Light.

 this, one John, came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him [Jesus];

 There came a man,
       having been sent from God,
            whose name is John;

In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

and the light in the darkness did shine,

and the darkness did not perceive it.

all things through him did happen,
and without him happened not even
one thing that hath happened.

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God;

this one was in the beginning with God;