John 1:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
John 1:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
John 1:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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John 1:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’””
John 1:15 — World English Bible
John 1:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me. ”
John 1:15 — American Standard Version
John 1:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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;'”
John 1:15 — Young's Literal Translation
John 1:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;) ”
John 1:15 — Darby Translation
John 1:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I.”
John 1:15 — Geneva Bible
John 1:15 in Context — John 1
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
What Does John 1:15 Mean?
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