John 1:16
And we all received out of His fullness, and grace for grace;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
In Context
17for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed immerse you in water for conversion, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
Matthew 13:12for whoever has, it will be given to him, and he will have overabundance, and whoever has not, even that which he has will be taken from him.
John 3:34for He whom God sent, He speaks the sayings of God; for God does not give the Spirit by measure;
Acts 3:12and Peter having seen, answered to the people, “Men, Israelites! Why do you wonder at this? Or why do you look on us so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?
Romans 5:17for if by the offense of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who are receiving the abundance of grace and of the free gift of righteousness, in life will reign through the one—Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:9And you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you; and if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ—this one is not His;
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 →