John 1:3
All things came into being through him, and apart from him nothing that exists came into being.
Montgomery New Testament
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 was face to face with God in the Beginning.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Cross References
John 1:10He was in the world, and through him the world came into being, yet the world knew him not.
1 Corinthians 8:6yet for there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Colossians 1:16for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;
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 →