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John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received grace after 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 testified about him and cried out, saying, “This was the one of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, for he was before me.'”

17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance. But he who comes after me is mightier than I, and I am not worthy even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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 the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For he does not give the Spirit by measure.

Acts 3:12When Peter saw this, he answered the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel? Why do you fix your eyes on us, as if we had made him to walk by our own power or godliness?

Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one, death ruled through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:9However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is true that God's Spirit lives in you. But if someone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

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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