John 1:17

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“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

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BSBPD

“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 1:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  2. Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
  3. Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words:
  4. Deuteronomy 4:44This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
  5. Deuteronomy 5:1Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
  6. Deuteronomy 33:4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
  7. Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
  8. Psalms 89:1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
  9. Psalms 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  10. Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
  11. Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
  12. Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
  13. John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  14. John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  15. John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  16. John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  17. John 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  18. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  19. Acts 7:38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
  20. Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
  21. Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
  22. Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  23. Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  24. Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

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