John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

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In The King James Version

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

In Context

16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

18No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Exodus 20:1God spoke all these words, saying,

Deuteronomy 5:1Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.”

Psalms 85:10Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalms 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Luke 1:54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

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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