John 1:6-8
1:6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.
1:7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
1:8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
John 1:15-18
1:15 John
testified
about him and shouted out,
“This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am,
because he existed before me.’”
1:16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but
grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only one,
himself God, who is in closest fellowship with
the Father, has made God
known.
John 1:29-34
1:29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’
1:31 I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”
1:32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
1:33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
1:34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”