John 1:16

+ 1:16 (16-17) MP: Messiah is referred to as the altogether lovely one. (Song of Songs 5:16) From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

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In The King James Version

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

In Context

15John [Yah is gracious] testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

17For the Torah ·Teaching· was given through Moses [Drawn out]; grace and truth came through Yeshua Messiah [Salvation Anointed one].

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I indeed mikvah · mikvah ·baptise· you in water for teshuvah ·complete repentance·, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will mikvah ·baptise· you in Ruach haKodesh [Spirit, Breath of the Holiness].

Matthew 13:12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

John 3:34For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives haRuach [the Spirit, Breath] without measure.

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 →

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