Joh 1:14, 3:17, 1Jo 1:1-2 | ISV | STEP | The Word Becomes Human The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14

14 The Word Becomes HumanThe Word became flesh and tabernacled ^{▼▼Or pitched his tent} among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks Son} full of grace and truth.Isa 40:5; Matt 1:16, 20; 17:2; Luke 1:31, 35; 2:7; John 2:11; 11:40; Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Col 1:19; 1Tim 3:16; Heb 2:11, 14, 16-17; 2Pet 1:17

17 For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.Luke 9:56; John 5:45; 8:15; 12:47; 1John 4:14

1 The Letter Called First JohnJesus, the Word of Life

What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands—this is the ^{▼▼Lit. about the} Word of life!Luke 24:39; John 1:1, 14; 20:27; 2Pet 1:16; 1John 2:13; 4:14 2 This life was revealed to us, and we have seen it and testify about it. We declare to you this eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.John 1:1-2, 4; 11:25; 14:6; 21:24; Acts 2:32; Rom 16:26; 1Tim 3:16; 1John 3:5; 5:20