John 1:17
“For the Law was giuen by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ.”
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John 1:17 Context
15¶ Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me. 16And of his fulnesse haue all wee receiued, and grace for grace. 17For the Law was giuen by Moses, but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. 18No man hath seene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him. 19¶ And this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priests and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?
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Other Translations for John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- King James Version
For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
- Basic English Bible
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
- Darby Bible
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Webster's Bible
For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Weymouth Bible
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- World English Bible
For the lawe was youun bi Moises; but grace and treuthe `is maad bi Jhesu Crist.
- Wycliffe Bible
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Commentary for John 1:17
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Wesley's Notes for John 1:17
1:17 The law - Working wrath and containing shadows: was given - No philosopher, poet, or orator, ever chose his words so accurately as St. John. The law, saith he, was given by Moses: grace was by Jesus Christ. Observe the reason for placing each word thus: The law of Moses was not his own. The grace of Christ was. His grace was opposite to the wrath, his truth to the shadowy ceremonies of the law. Jesus - St. John having once mentioned the incarnation {#Joh 1:14|,) no more uses that name, the Word, in all his book.
People's Bible Notes for John 1:17
Joh 1:17 The law was given by Moses. It was not a system of grace, nor could it make men perfect; in contrast with it the system of "grace and truth" (Joh 1:14) was given by Jesus Christ.