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John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1:17 · King James Version

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

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