John 1:17
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
In Context
16and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;
Cross References
Genesis 3:15and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee — the head, and thou dost bruise him — the heel.'
Exodus 20:1'And God speaketh all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 5:1And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, 'Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them.
Psalms 85:10Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed,
Psalms 98:3He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Luke 1:54He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,
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 →