YHN 1:16 Parallel Verse View

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UST We know the Word fully possesses God’s kind acts and true teachings because all of us have benefited from what he fully possesses, having benefited from one kind act after another.

AICNT {For}[fn] from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

1:16, For: P66 P75 ℵ(01) B(03) C(04) D(05) Latin(a b e ff² ) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “And.” A(02) Syriac(sy) BYZ TR

OEB out of his fullness we have all received
⇔ gift after gift of love;

LSB For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

WEBBE From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

LSV And we all received out of His fullness, and grace for grace;

FBV We have all been recipients of his generous nature, one gracious gift after another.

TCNT [fn]Of his fullness we have all received, even grace upon grace.

1:16 Of ¦ For of CT

T4T We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted in kind way toward us in ways we did not deserve.

LEB For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

BBE From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

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Wymth For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

ASV For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

DRA And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace.

YLT and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

Drby for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

RV For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

Wbstr And of his fullness have we all received, and grace for grace.

KJB-1769 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

KJB-1611 And of his [fn]fulnesse haue all wee receiued, and grace for grace.
(And of his fulnesse have all we received, and grace for grace.)

1:16 Col.1.19.

Bshps And of his fulnesse haue all we receaued, and grace for grace.
(And of his fulnesse have all we received, and grace for grace.)

Gnva And of his fulnesse haue all we receiued, and grace for grace.
(And of his fulnesse have all we received, and grace for grace. )

Cvdl and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace.
(and of his fulnesse have all we received grace for grace.)

TNT And of his fulnes have all we receaved even (grace) for grace.
(And of his fulnes have all we received even (grace) for grace. )

Wyc and of the plente of hym we alle han takun, and grace for grace.
(and of the plenty of him we all have taken, and grace for grace.)

Luth Und von seiner Fülle haben wir alle genommen Gnade um Gnade.
(And from his Fülle have we/us all taken Gnade around/by/for Gnade.)

ClVg Et de plenitudine ejus nos omnes accepimus, et gratiam pro gratia:[fn]
(And about plenitudine his we everyone accepimus, and gratiam for gratia: )

1.16 Et de plenitudine. Exposito testimonio præcursoris, redit evangelista ad testimonium suæ assertionis. Quasi dicat: Verbum caro factum est: vidimus gloriam ejus plenam gratiæ et veritatis, et de plenitudine ejus nos omnes accepimus. Gratiam, ut ipsum credamus, et veritatem qua illum intelligemus. Accepimus. AUG. Non solum gratiam, quæ plane gratis datur, non pro merito ut fidem quæ per dilectionem operatur, ex qua justus vivit, sed pro ista, gratiam, id est beatitudinem æternam, quæ et merces justitiæ dicitur, et etiam gratiam, quia meritum ex gratia. Gratiam pro gratia. Gratia in conceptione boni per gratiam datur. Gratia simpliciter quæ non est meriti, si postea cum illa operamur, in bonis consuescimus, et tunc datur gratia pro gratia priori.

1.16 And about plenitudine. Exposito testimonio præcursoris, redit evangelista to testimony suæ assertionis. Quasi let_him_say: Verbum caro done it_is: vidimus gloriam his plenam gratiæ and veritatis, and about plenitudine his we everyone accepimus. Gratiam, as ipsum credamus, and words which him intelligemus. Accepimus. AUG. Non solum gratiam, which plane gratis datur, not/no for merito as faith which through dilectionem operatur, from which justus vivit, but for ista, gratiam, id it_is beatitudinem eternal, which and merces justitiæ it_is_said, and also gratiam, because meritum from gratia. Gratiam for gratia. Gratia in conceptione boni through gratiam datur. Gratia simpliciter which not/no it_is meriti, when/but_if postea when/with that operamur, in bonis consuescimus, and tunc datur gratia for gratia priori.

UGNT ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ, ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος;
(hoti ek tou plaʸrōmatos autou, haʸmeis pantes elabomen kai ⱪarin anti ⱪaritos;)

SBL-GNT ⸀ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος·
(⸀hoti ek tou plaʸrōmatos autou haʸmeis pantes elabomen, kai ⱪarin anti ⱪaritos;)

TC-GNT [fn]Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος.
(Kai ek tou plaʸrōmatos autou haʸmeis pantes elabomen, kai ⱪarin anti ⱪaritos. )

1:16 και ¦ οτι CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅτι

because

For here introduces the reason why John said that Jesus is “full of grace and truth” in verse 14. Alternate translation: “We can say that Jesus is full of grace and truth because”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτοῦ

˱of˲_him

Here, his refers to Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Jesus’”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ

the fullness ˱of˲_him

Here, fullness refers to the grace and truth which John said Jesus was full of in verse 14. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of fullness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what he is full of” or “his full amount of grace and truth”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν

we all received

Here, we refers to John and all believers. Your language may require you to mark this form. Alternate translation: “all of we believers have received”

πάντες ἐλάβομεν καὶ χάριν

all received and grace

Here, even indicates that “grace after grace” explains what “his fullness” means. Alternate translation: “have all received, that is, grace” or “have all received, namely, grace”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος

grace for grace

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of grace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “kind act after kind act”

χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος

grace for grace

Here, after could mean: (1) the second “grace” replaces the first “grace,” which is the most common use for this word. This meaning could indicate that the first “grace” refers to “the law” and the second “grace” refers to “Grace and truth” in the next verse. Alternate translation: “grace in place of grace” or “grace instead of grace” (2) the second “grace” is in addition to the first “grace.” Alternate translation: “grace in addition to” or “grace upon grace”

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