3. All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him.
4. Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people.
5. The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not understood it.
6. A man came who was sent from God. His name was John.
7. He came to give witness about that light. He gave witness so that all people could believe.
8. John himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
9. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10. The Word was in the world that was made through him. But the world did not recognize him.
11. He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.