7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.


In Context

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

5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men 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 every man was coming into the world.

John 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.