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


In Context

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' "

16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.

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

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, , who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

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 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;

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.