1 No princípio era o Verbo, e o Verbo estava com Deus, e o Verbo era Deus.
2 Ele estava no princípio com Deus.
3 Todas as coisas foram feitas por intermédio dele, e sem ele nada do que foi feito se fez.
4 Nele estava a vida, e a vida era a luz dos homens;
5 a luz resplandece nas trevas, e as trevas não prevaleceram contra ela.
6 Houve um homem enviado de Deus, cujo nome era João.
7 Este veio como testemunha, a fim de dar testemunho da luz, para que todos cressem por meio dele.
8 Ele não era a luz, mas veio para dar testemunho da luz.
9 Pois a verdadeira luz, que alumia a todo homem, estava chegando ao mundo.
10 Estava ele no mundo, e o mundo foi feito por intermédio dele, e o mundo não o conheceu.
11 Veio para o que era seu, e os seus não o receberam.
12 Mas, a todos quantos o receberam, aos que crêem no seu nome, deu-lhes o poder de se tornarem filhos de Deus;
13 os quais não nasceram do sangue, nem da vontade da carne, nem da vontade do varão, mas de Deus.
14 E o Verbo se fez carne, e habitou entre nós, cheio de graça e de verdade; e vimos a sua glória, como a glória do unigênito do Pai.
1 In {the} beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 *He* was in the beginning with God.
3 All things received being through him, and without him not one {thing} received being which has received being.
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 *He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and the world had {its} being through him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 but as many as received him, to them gave he {the} right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
13 who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;