John 1:3
He is the one by whom God caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In Context
2He always existed with God before he began [MTY] to create anything.
Cross References
Genesis 1:1Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth.
Psalms 33:6Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said [MTY] he created all the stars.
Isaiah 45:12I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places.
John 1:10Although the one who was like a light was here on the earth, and although he was the one whom God caused to create everything, most people [MTY, HYP] did not realize who he was. (OR, although he was the one whom God caused to create everything, most people did not accept him.)
1 Corinthians 8:6But for us believers there is only one real God. He is our heavenly Father who created everything. He is the one whom we worship and serve. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom God caused to create everything. It is because of what he has done for us on the cross that we have spiritual life.
Colossians 1:16When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that people can see, and also everything which is in heaven that people cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. And his Son ranks above everything, because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because God had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son,
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 →