John 1:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’””
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“John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 1:15 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
- Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel— One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Matthew 3:13At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
- Mark 1:7And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- Luke 3:16John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- John 1:27He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 3:26So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
- John 5:33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
- John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
- John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
- Philippians 2:6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Colossians 1:17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
- Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- Revelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Revelation 2:8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
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