John 1:16
out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;
Twentieth Century New Testament
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, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but he who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Matthew 13:12For, to all who have, more will be given, and they shall have abundance; but, from all who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
John 3:34For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God’s own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
Acts 3:12On seeing this, Peter said to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? and why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man to walk?
Romans 5:17For if, by reason of the offence of the one man, Death reigned through that one man, far more will those, upon whom God’s loving-kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find Life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:9You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has 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 →