In him was life,[a](A) and that life was the light(B) of men. That light shines(C) in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome[b] it.(D)

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3–4 Other punctuation is possible:... not one thing was created. What was created in him was life
  2. 1:5 Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35

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