1. In the beginning there was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was with God in the beginning.
3. All things were made by him, and nothing was made without him.
4. In him there was life, and that life was the light of all people.
5. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
6. There was a man named John who was sent by God.
7. He came to tell people the truth about the Light so that through him all people could hear about the Light and believe.
8. John was not the Light, but he came to tell people the truth about the Light.
32-33. Then John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven in the form of a dove and rest on him. Until then I did not know who the Christ was. But the God 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.’