John 1:16
Of his fullness we have all received, even grace upon grace.
Text-Critical English NT
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, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 13:12For whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
John 3:34For he whom God sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Acts 3:12When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us as though by our own power or godliness we have made this man walk?
Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ!
Romans 8:9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
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 →