約翰福音 1
道成了肉身
1 太初有道，道與上帝同在，道就是上帝。 2 這道太初與上帝同在。 3 萬物都是藉著他造的，沒有一樣不是藉著他造的。凡被造的， 4 在他裏面有生命t，這生命就是人的光。 5 光照在黑暗裏，黑暗卻沒有勝過光t。
6 有一個人，是從上帝那裏差來的，名叫約翰。 7 這人來是為了作見證，是為那光作見證，要使眾人藉著他而信。 8 他不是那光，而是要為那光作見證。 9 那光是真光，來到世上，照亮所有的人t。 10 他在世界，世界是藉著他造的，世界卻不認識他。 11 他來到自己的地方，自己的人並不接納他。 12 凡接納他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄作上帝的兒女。 13 這些人不是從血生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人的意願生的，而是從上帝生的。
14 道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿地有恩典有真理，我們也見過他的榮光，正是父獨一兒子t的榮光。 15 約翰為他作見證，喊著說：「這就是我曾說：『那在我以後來的先於我，因為在我以前，他已經存在。』」 16 從他的豐富裏，我們都領受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。 17 律法是藉著摩西頒佈的；恩典和真理卻是由耶穌基督來的。 18 從來沒有人見過上帝，只有在父懷裏獨一的兒子將他表明出來。
施洗約翰的見證
（太3．1－12；可1．1－8；路3．1－18）
19 這是約翰的見證：猶太人從耶路撒冷差祭司和利未人到約翰那裏去問他：「你是誰？」 20 他就承認，並不隱瞞，承認說：「我不是基督。」 21 他們又問他：「那麼，你是誰？是以利亞嗎？」他說：「我不是。」「是那位先知嗎？」他回答：「不是。」 22 於是他們對他說：「你到底是誰，好讓我們回覆差我們來的人。你說，你自己是誰？」 23 他說： 「我就是那在曠野呼喊的聲音： 修直主的道。」 正如以賽亞先知所說的。
24 那些人是法利賽人差來的。 25 他們就問他：「你既不是基督，不是以利亞，也不是那位先知，那麼，你為甚麼施洗呢？」 26 約翰回答：「我是用水施洗，但有一位站在你們中間，是你們不認識的， 27 就是那在我以後來的，我給他解鞋帶也不配。」 28 這些事發生在約旦河東邊的伯大尼t，約翰施洗的地方。
上帝的羔羊
29 第二天，約翰看見耶穌來到他那裏，就說：「看哪，上帝的羔羊，除去世人的罪的！ 30 這就是我曾說『那在我以後來的先於我，因為在我以前，他已經存在』的那一位。 31 我先前不認識他，如今我來用水施洗，為要使他顯明給以色列人。」 32 約翰又作見證說：「我曾看見聖靈彷彿鴿子從天降下，停留在他的身上。 33 我先前不認識他，可是那差我來用水施洗的對我說：『你看見聖靈降下來，停留在誰的身上，誰就是用聖靈施洗的。』 34 我看見了，所以作證：這一位是上帝的兒子。」
初次選召門徒
35 又過了一天，約翰同兩個門徒站在那裏。 36 他見耶穌走過，就說：「看哪，上帝的羔羊！」 37 兩個門徒聽見他的話，就跟從了耶穌。 38 耶穌轉過身來，看見他們跟著，就對他們說：「你們要甚麼？」他們對他說：「拉比，你在哪裏住？」（「拉比」翻出來就是老師。） 39 耶穌說：「你們來看。」他們就去看他在哪裏住。這一天他們就跟他同住；那時大約是下午四點鐘。 40 聽了約翰的話而跟從耶穌的那兩個人，其中一個是西門．彼得的弟弟安得烈。 41 他先找到自己的哥哥西門，對他說：「我們遇見彌賽亞了。」（「彌賽亞」翻出來就是基督。） 42 於是安得烈領西門去見耶穌。耶穌看著他，說：「你是約翰t的兒子西門，你要稱為磯法。」（「磯法」翻出來就是彼得t。）
呼召腓力和拿但業
43 又過了一天，耶穌想要往加利利去。他找到腓力，就對他說：「來跟從我！」 44 這腓力是伯賽大人，是安得烈和彼得的同鄉。 45 腓力找到拿但業，對他說：「摩西在律法書上所寫的，和眾先知所記的那一位，我們遇見了，就是約瑟的兒子拿撒勒人耶穌。」 46 拿但業對他說：「拿撒勒還能出甚麼好的嗎？」腓力說：「你來看。」 47 耶穌看見拿但業向他走來，就論到他說：「看哪，這真是個以色列人！他心裏是沒有詭詐的。」 48 拿但業對耶穌說：「你從哪裏認識我的？」耶穌回答他說：「腓力還沒有呼喚你，你在無花果樹底下，我就看見你了。」 49 拿但業回答他說：「拉比！你是上帝的兒子，你是以色列的王。」 50 耶穌回答他說：「因為我說在無花果樹底下看見你，你就信嗎？你將看見比這些更大的事呢！」 51 他又說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，你們將要看見天開了，上帝的使者在人子身上，上去下來。」
JOHN 1
The Word of Life
1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.
2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.
3 And with this Word,
God created all things.
Nothing was made
without the Word.
Everything that was created
4 received its life from him,
and his life gave light
to everyone.
5 The light keeps shining
in the dark,
and darkness has never
put it out.t
6 t God sent a man named John,
7 who came to tell
about the light
and to lead all people
to have faith.
8 John wasn't this light.
He came only to tell
about the light.
9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.
10 The Word was in the world,
but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
with his Word.
11 He came into his own world,
but his own nation
did not welcome him.
12 Yet some people accepted him
and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
to be the children of God.
13 They were not God's children
by nature or because
of any human desires.
God himself was the one
who made them his children.
14 The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him the complete gifts
of undeserved grace and truth
have come down to us.
15 John spoke about him and shouted, “This is the one I told you would come! He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”
16 Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.t 17 The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth.
18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.John the Baptist Tells //about Jesus
(Matthew 3.1-12; Mark 1.1-8; Luke 3.15-17)
19-20 The religious authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”
21 t Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, “No, I am not!” And when they asked if he were the Prophet, t he also said “No!”
22 Finally, they said, “Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!”
23 t John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”
24 Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.
25 They asked him, “Why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”
26 John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know. 27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
28 John said this as he was baptizing east of the Jordan River in Bethany.tThe Lamb of God
29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said:
Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 He is the one I told you about when I said, “Someone else will come, who is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”
31 I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.
32 I was there and saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven. And the Spirit stayed on him. 33 Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”
34 I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.The First Disciples of Jesus
35 The next day, John was there again, and two of his followers were with him. 36 When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Here is the Lamb of God!”
37 John's two followers heard him, and they went with Jesus.
38 When Jesus turned and saw them, he asked, “What do you want?”
They answered, “Rabbi, where do you live?” The Hebrew word “Rabbi” means “Teacher.”
39 Jesus replied, “Come and see!” It was already about four o'clock in the afternoon when they went with him and saw where he lived. So they stayed on for the rest of the day.
40 One of the two men who had heard John and had gone with Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and tell him, “We have found the Messiah!” The Hebrew word “Messiah” means the same as the Greek word “Christ.”
42 Andrew brought his brother to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, he said, “Simon son of John, you will be called Cephas.” This name can be translated as “Peter.”tJesus Chooses Philip //and Nathanael
43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. There he met Philip, who was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. Jesus said to Philip, “Follow me.”
45 Philip then found Nathanael and said, “We have found the one that Moses and the Prophetst wrote about. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46 Nathanael asked, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip answered, “Come and see.”
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful.”t
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
49 Nathanael said, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God and the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered, “Did you believe me just because I said that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see something even greater. 51 t I tell you for certain you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”t