#ScriptureReflection - John 1:1-13 (7.29.22)

 The Word Became Flesh

¹  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²  He was with God in the beginning. ³  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

 ⁴  In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

⁵  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶  There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷  He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. ⁸  He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹  The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ¹⁰  He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹  He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

¹²  Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— ¹³  children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

Source: NIV (New International Version)