1. Before the world began, the Word was there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was there with God in the beginning.
3. Everything was made through him, and nothing was made without him.
4. In him there was life, and that life was a light for the people of the world.
5. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not defeated it.
6. There was a man named John, who was sent by God.
7. He came to tell people about the light. Through him all people could hear about the light and believe.
8. John was not the light. But he came to tell people about the light.
9. The true light was coming into the world. This is the true light that gives light to all people.
32-34. Then John said this for everyone to hear: “I also did not know who the Messiah was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ I have seen this happen. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on this man. So this is what I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.’”