John 1:15

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

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KJV

King James Version

¶ 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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.’”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

John testifies about Him, and he has cried out, saying, “This was He [of] whom I said, ‘The [One] coming after me has precedence over me, because He was before me.’”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

John 1

¹³ children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

¹⁶ From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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