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 dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

15 John testified concerning him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me; for he was before me.

16 And of his fullness have we all received, and grace for grace.

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

18 No man hath 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 testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, 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 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 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.