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Everything came into existence through the messenger[fn]—not even one thing came into existence apart from him.1:3 Lit. him.
OET-LV All things became through him, and without him not_even one thing became that has_become.
SR-GNT Πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν. ‡
(Panta diʼ autou egeneto, kai ⱪōris autou egeneto oude hen ho gegonen.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT All things came into being through him, and without him came into being not one thing that has come into being.
UST God made everything through him. God made every single thing in the universe with him.
BSB Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
BLB All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.
AICNT All things were made through it, and without it not even one thing was made.
¶ What has been made
OEB through him all things came into being,
⇔ and nothing came into being apart from him.
CSB All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
NLT God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
NIV Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
CEV And with this Word, God created all things. Nothing was made without the Word. Everything that was created
ESV All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
NASB All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
LSB All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
WEB All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
NET All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
LSV all things happened through Him, and without Him not even one thing happened that has happened.
FBV Everything came into being through him; nothing came into being without him.
TCNT All things were made through him, and none of the things that were made were made without him.
T4T He is the one by whom God caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
LEB All things came into being through him, and apart from him not one thing came into being that has come into being.
NRSV All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
NKJV All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
BBE All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
MOF No MOF YHN (JHN) book available
ASV All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
DRA All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
YLT all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.
DBY All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
RV All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
WBS All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
KJB All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
(All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.)
BB All thynges were made by it: and without it, was made nothyng that was made.
(All things were made by it: and without it, was made nothing that was made.)
GNV All things were made by it, and without it was made nothing that was made.
CB All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.
(All things were made by the same, and without the same was made nothing that was made.)
TNT All thinges were made by it and with out it was made nothinge that was made.
(All things were made by it and with out it was made nothing that was made.)
WYC Alle thingis weren maad bi hym, and withouten hym was maad no thing, that thing that was maad.
(All things were made by him, and without him was made no thing, that thing that was made.)
LUT Alle Dinge sind durch dasselbige gemacht, und ohne dasselbige ist nichts gemacht, was gemacht ist.
(Alle Dinge are through dasselbige made, and without dasselbige is nichts made, was made is.)
CLV Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est.
(Omnia per ipsum facts sunt: and without ipso factum it_is nihil, that factum est.)
UGNT πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν.
(panta di’ autou egeneto, kai ⱪōris autou egeneto oude hen ho gegonen.)
SBL-GNT πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν
(panta diʼ autou egeneto, kai ⱪōris autou egeneto oude hen. ho gegonen)
TC-GNT Πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν.
(Panta di᾽ autou egeneto, kai ⱪōris autou egeneto oude hen ho gegonen.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).
1:3 The logos is God (1:1-2); all that God does, the logos likewise does. Throughout his Gospel, John rightly viewed Jesus’ actions as divine activity.
The Word
John raises the curtain on his Gospel with a stunning description of Jesus Christ as “the Word” (Greek logos, John 1:1). Both Greek and Jewish listeners in the first century would immediately recognize the profound meaning of this title. Greeks would have thought of the seminal forces that sustain the universe. Jewish minds would have thought back to God creating the world with his word (Gen 1:3-28; Ps 33:6, 9). In Jesus’ day, the Word of God had taken on creative personal attributes. Jews viewed God’s Word as personifying divine Wisdom. Through Wisdom, God extended himself into the cosmos, creating the world (Prov 8:22-31).
John makes it clear that Jesus shares the same essence as God; the Son existed before time, and he was the agent of all creation. John anchors the divinity of Jesus in this ancient Jewish concept of Wisdom. The divine Wisdom that has existed with God from before time can now be known in Jesus Christ. In perhaps the most striking verse penned by an apostle, John writes that this Logos, this Wisdom, became flesh and lived among us as a human (John 1:14). What God is, the Logos is, and the Logos is Jesus Christ.
Passages for Further Study
Gen 1:3-28; Ps 33:6, 9; Prov 8:22-31; Isa 40:8; John 1:1-18; 1 Jn 1:1; Rev 19:13
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο
all_‹things› through him became
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, John implies that God did it. Alternate translation: “God made all things through him”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοῦ
him
Here, him refers to Jesus, the one who is called “the Word.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Jesus” or “the Word”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν
without him became not_even one_‹thing› that /has/_become
If this double negative would be misunderstood in your language, you could translate it as a positive statement. Alternate translation: “with him came into being everything that came into being”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν
without him became not_even one_‹thing› that /has/_become
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, John implies that God did it. Alternate translation: “God did not make one thing without him” or “with him, God made everyting that God has made”