John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.In other versions
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
ASV
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
BBE
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
DBY
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
WEB
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
YLT
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
ENG
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
WBT
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
BSB
In context
15John 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.
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Jesus
- Moses
