John’s Gospel (Evanghelia dupa Ioan)
Chapter 1
The Word became human
v1 In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God. The Word was God. v2 He was with God in the beginning. v3 God made all things by the Word. God did not make anything without him. v4 It is the Word who causes us to live. And because of this, he was the light to all people. v5 The light shines in the dark, and the dark cannot put out the light.
v6 God sent a man. His name was John. v7 He came to tell people about the light. God wanted everyone to believe what John said. v8 John himself was not that light. God sent him to tell people about the light. v9 The true light, that gives light to every person, was coming into the world.
Verses 4-9 The Word (Jesus Christ) is like light. He shows us what is true. The dark means the *power of God’s enemy, *Satan. He tries to hide what is true. God’s light shines in the dark. *Satan’s *power cannot put it out. Jesus said that he himself was the light of the world (John 8:12; 9:5). In verse 6, ‘John’ is not the man who is writing this book.
v10 The Word was in the world. God made the world by Him. But the world did not know Who He was. v11 He came to what was His own. But His own people did not accept Him. v12 But some people did accept Him. Some people did believe Who He was. So, He gave authority to those people so that they could become God’s children. v13 These children were not born in the usual human way. They were not born because of what any people wanted. They were not born because of what any man decided. No! They were born from God. v14 The Word became human. He lived among us. We saw how great and how good He is. He is great and good as only the Father’s one true Son can be. He is completely kind. He is full of what is true.
v15 John told people about the Word. He shouted, ‘This is the man that I told you about. He comes after me. But He is greater than I am. He was there before I was born.’ v16 The Word is full of everything that we need. All of us have received from Him. We have received one good thing after another good thing. v17 God gave His rules by Moses. But God has been kind to us by Jesus Christ. God has brought His true message to us by Jesus Christ. v18 No person has ever seen God. But God’s only true Son, Who is so very near to the Father, has shown God to us.
Jesus Christ was a very special person. That is what John is saying at the beginning of his book. And he is telling us that Jesus had important work to do. He was the Word of God. He was the only person Who really knew God. He knew what people were really like too. He was God and He was man too. So, because of that, He could show us what God is like. Only Jesus could make us able to be the people that God wanted us to be.
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