John 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
John 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
John 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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John 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.”
John 1:17 — World English Bible
John 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
John 1:17 — American Standard Version
John 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;”
John 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation
John 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.”
John 1:17 — Darby Translation
John 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.”
John 1:17 — Geneva Bible
John 1:17 in Context — John 1
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.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
What Does John 1:17 Mean?
John 1:17 is a verse from the Book of John, part of the New Testament. It appears in John chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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