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


In Context

14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, |This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'|

16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

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

18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

19 This is John's testimony, 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 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.