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


In Context

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

15 (John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

16 for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

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

18 No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

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 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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