5. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
6. There was a man named John who was sent by God.
7. He came to tell people the truth about the Light so that through him all people could hear about the Light and believe.
8. John was not the Light, but he came to tell people the truth about the Light.
9. The true Light that gives light to all was coming into the world!
10. The Word was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him.
11. He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him.