And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. |
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. | For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. |
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The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. | Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. |
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. |
I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. | I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. |
This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. | This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. |
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. | In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. | I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. |
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. | Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. |
So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.” | So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.” |
Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. | Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. |
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. | All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. |
My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. | When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. |
Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. |
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.” | Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.” |
And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment. | And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. |
By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another. | Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. |
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” | Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” |
I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. | I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. |
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” | Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” |
So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. | And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. |
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? | And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. |
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever. | And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. |
By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. | And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. |