John 1:14

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¹⁴The Word^(A) became flesh^[a]^(B)
and took up residence^[b] among us.
We observed His glory,^(C)
the glory as the One and Only^(D) Son^[c] from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

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Footnotes

John 1:14 The eternally existent Word (vv. 1-2) took on full humanity but without sin; Heb 4:15.
John 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled; this word occurs only here in John. A related word, referring to the Festival of Tabernacles, occurs only in 7:2; Ex 40:34-38.
John 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.

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Philippians 2:7

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⁷Instead He emptied Himself^(A)
by assuming the form of a slave,^(B)
taking on the likeness of men.^(C)
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,

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1 John 4:2

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²This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has^[a] come in the flesh^(A) is from God.^(B)

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1 John 4:2 Or confesses Jesus to be the Christ

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1 John 5:20

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²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come^(A) and has given us understanding so that we may know the true One.^[a] We are in the true One—that is, in His Son Jesus Christ.^(B) He is the true God and eternal life.

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