John 1:16
And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
In Context
17Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.
Matthew 13:12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
John 3:34For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
Acts 3:12And Peter having seen, he responded to the people, Men, Israelites, why do ye marvel at this man? Or why do ye stare at us, as by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?
Romans 5:17For if, by the offense of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:9But ye are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not of him.
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 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. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →