17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.


In Context

14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

15 John bore witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

16 And of his fullness 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 has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?

John 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;