John 1:3
All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In Context
2This Word was from the first in relation with God.
4What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Cross References
Genesis 1:1At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
Isaiah 45:12I have made the earth, forming man on it: by my hands the heavens have been stretched out, and all the stars put in their ordered places.
John 1:10He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
1 Corinthians 8:6There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
Colossians 1:16For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;
Matthew Henry on John 1:2-6
John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; we are sure that it was given by inspiration of God to John, the brother of James, one of the twelve apostles, distinguished by the honourable character of that disciple whom Jesus loved, one of the first three of the worthies of the Son of David, whom he took to be the witnesses of his retirements, particularly of his transfiguration and his agony. The ancients tell us that John lived longest of all the twelve apostles, and was the only… Read the whole commentary →