John 1:9-20: (KJV)

   ⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

   ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

   ¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

   ¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

   ¹³Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

   ¹⁴And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

   ¹⁵John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

   ¹⁶And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

   ¹⁷For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

   ¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

   ¹⁹And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

   ²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

1 John 2: 7-14   

⁷ Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. ⁸ Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

   ⁹ If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness. ¹⁰ Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. ¹¹ But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.

   ¹² I am writing to you who are God’s children
      because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.
   ¹³ I am writing to you who are mature in the faith
      because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
   I am writing to you who are young in the faith
      because you have won your battle with the evil one.
   ¹⁴ I have written to you who are God’s children
      because you know the Father.
   I have written to you who are mature in the faith
      because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
   I have written to you who are young in the faith
      because you are strong.
   God’s word lives in your hearts,
      and you have won your battle with the evil one.