John 1

4 In him was life,  * 1:3–4 Other punctuation is possible: . . . not one thing was created. What was created in him was life,* 1:4 1Jn 2:5 and that life was the light  * 1:4 Ps 36:9; Jn 12:46 of men. 5 That light shines  * 1:5 1Jn 2:8 in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome  * 1:5 Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35 it.  * 1:5 Php 3:12