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1 ) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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2 ) The same was in the beginning with God.
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3 ) All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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4 ) In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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5 ) And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
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6 ) There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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7 ) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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8 ) He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
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9 ) That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world.
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10 ) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
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11 ) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
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12 ) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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13 ) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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14 ) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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15 ) John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
