Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

St John 1:5-12 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

5. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7. This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

8. He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.

9. That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

11. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12. But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.