John 1:17
for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Context
16And we all received out of His fullness, and grace for grace;
Cross References
Genesis 3:15and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel.”
Exodus 20:1And God speaks all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses calls to all Israel and says to them, “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears today, and you have learned them and have observed to do them.
Psalms 85:10Kindness and truth have met, || Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Psalms 98:3He has remembered His kindness, || And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, || All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Luke 1:54He has taken hold of His servant Israel, || To remember kindness,
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 →