John 1:3
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In Context
2*He* was in the beginning with God.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Cross References
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Isaiah 45:12It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
John 1:10He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet to us [there is] one God, the Father, of whom all things, and *we* for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and *we* by him.
Colossians 1:16because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created 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 →