11 translations · Greek
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
John 1:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- KJV King James Version
- For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| νόμος | nomos | law | G3551 νόμος law |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| Μωϋσέως | Mōuseōs | Moses | G3475 Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς Moses |
| ἐδόθη | edothē | was given | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| χάρις | charis | grace | G5485 χάρις grace |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀλήθεια | alētheia | truth | G225 ἀλήθεια truth |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | came | G1096 γίνομαι to be |
Related verses
- John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Romans 6:14
For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
- Romans 3:19–26
Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God. Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin. But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; …
- Romans 5:20–21
The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
- John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
- John 7:19
Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
- 2 Corinthians 3:7–10
But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face, which was passing away; won’t service of the Spirit be with much more glory? For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. …
- Hebrews 3:5–6
Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
19 This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Read all of John 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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