1 was the word before the beginning of the world. The Word was with God. And the Word was God.
John 1: 1

2 He was with God in the beginning.
John 1: 2

3 Everything was created through him. Nothing was created without him.
John 1: 3

4 He had life. That life was light for the people of the world.
John 1: 4

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness never overcame it.
John 1: 5

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1: 6

7 John came to testify about the light. So that through John all people might believe in the light.
John 1: 7

8 John himself was not that light. But John came to testify about the light.
John 1: 8

9 The true light was coming into the world. It was the real light that illuminates all human beings.
John 1: 9

10 words were already in the world. The world was created through him. But the world did not recognize him.
John 1:10

11 He came into the world to come, but his own people did not accept him.
John 1:11

12 Some people accepted him and believed in him. He gave them the right to be children of God.
John 1:12

13 Neither were they born according to the flesh, nor according to the flesh, nor according to the will of their parents. They were born of God.
John 1:13

14 The Word became man, and abode in us. We saw his glory. The glory that belongs to the only begotten Son of the Father. This word was full of grace and truth.
John 1:14

15 And John spake unto them, saying, This is he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. I told you that the one who will come after me is greater than I am. He lived before me. ‘”
John 1:15

16 That word was full of grace and truth. We received maximum blessings from him.
John 1:16

17 The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 1:17

18 No man hath seen God at any time, but the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 1:18