John 1  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Prologue

1 In the beginning^(A) was the Word,^(B) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.^{(C) 2} He was with God in the beginning.^{(D) 3} All things were created^(E) through him,^(F) and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. ⁴ In him was life,^[a](G) and that life was the light^(H) of men. ⁵ That light shines^(I) in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome^[b] it.^(J)

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^{(K) 7} He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.^{[c] 8} He was not the light, but he came to testify^(L) about the light. ⁹ The true light^(M) that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.^[d](N)

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was created^(O) through him, and yet the world did not recognise him. ¹¹ He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. ¹² But to all who did receive^(P) him,^(Q) he gave them the right^(R) to be^[e] children^(S) of God,^(T) to those who believe^(U) in his name,^{(V) 13} who were born,^(W) not of natural descent,^[f] or of the will^(X) of the flesh,^(Y) or of the will of man,^[g] but of God.^(Z)

¹⁴ The Word^(AA) became flesh^(AB) and dwelt^[h] among us. We observed his glory,^(AC) the glory as the one and only^(AD) Son^[i] from the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, ‘This was the one of whom I said, “The one coming after me^(AE) ranks ahead of me,^(AF) because he existed before me.” ’)^{(AG) 16} Indeed, we have all received grace^(AH) upon^[j] grace from his fullness, ¹⁷ for the law was given through Moses;^(AI) grace and truth^(AJ) came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God. The one and only^(AK) Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s^(AL) side^[k] – he has revealed him.^(AM)

John the Baptist’s Testimony

¹⁹ This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem^(AN) sent priests^(AO) and Levites^(AP) to ask him, ‘Who are you? ’

²⁰ He didn’t deny it but confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah.’^(AQ)

²¹ ‘What then? ’ they asked him. ‘Are you Elijah? ’^(AR)

‘I am not,’ he said.

‘Are you the Prophet? ’^(AS)

‘No,’ he answered.

²² ‘Who are you, then? ’ they asked. ‘We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself? ’

²³ He said, ‘I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord^[l](AT) – just as Isaiah^(AU) the prophet said.’

²⁴ Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.^{(AV) 25} So they asked him, ‘Why then do you baptise if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet? ’

²⁶ ‘I baptise with^[m] water,’^(AW) John answered them. ‘Someone stands among you, but you don’t know him. ²⁷ He is the one coming after me,^[n](AX) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.’ ²⁸ All this happened in Bethany^[o] across the Jordan,^(AY) where John was baptising.

The Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God,^(AZ) who takes away the sin^(BA) of the world! ³⁰ This is the one I told you about: “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.” ³¹ I didn’t know him,^(BB) but I came baptising with water so that he might be revealed^(BC) to Israel.’ ³² And John testified, ‘I saw the Spirit^(BD) descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.^{(BE) 33} I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptise with water told me, “The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on – he is the one who baptises with the Holy Spirit.”^{(BF) 34} I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.’^[p](BG)

³⁵ The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶ When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God! ’

³⁷ The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. ³⁸ When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, ‘What are you looking for? ’

They said to him, ‘Rabbi’^(BH) (which means ‘Teacher’), ‘where are you staying? ’

³⁹ ‘Come and you’ll see,’ he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.^[q]

⁴⁰ Andrew,^(BI) Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. ⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and told him, ‘We have found the Messiah’^[r](BJ) (which is translated ‘the Christ’),^{(BK) 42} and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, ‘You are Simon, son of John.^[s] You will be called Cephas’^(BL) (which is translated ‘Peter’^[t]).

Philip and Nathanael

⁴³ The next day Jesus^[u] decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip^(BM) and told him, ‘Follow me.’

⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida,^(BN) the home town of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael^(BO) and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets^(BP)): Jesus the son of Joseph,^(BQ) from Nazareth.’^(BR)

⁴⁶ ‘Can anything good^(BS) come out of Nazareth? ’ Nathanael asked him.

‘Come and see,’ Philip answered.

⁴⁷ Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards him and said about him, ‘Here truly is an Israelite^(BT) in whom there is no deceit.’

⁴⁸ ‘How do you know me? ’ Nathanael asked.

‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,’ Jesus answered.

⁴⁹ ‘Rabbi,’^(BU) Nathanael replied, ‘You are the Son^(BV) of God; you are the King of Israel! ’^(BW)

⁵⁰ Jesus responded to him, ‘Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.’ ⁵¹ Then he said, ‘Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God^(BX) ascending and descending^(BY) on the Son of Man.’^(BZ)