I have come into the world as a light,
so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
John 12:46
New International Version
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness,
but the darkness has not understood it.
There was a man who was sent from God;
his name was John. He came as a wittness
to testify concerning that light, so that through him
all men might believe. He himself was not the light;
he came only as a witness to the light.
The true light that gives light to every man
was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and though the world
was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own,
but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God--
children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband's will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only
who came down from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:1-14
New International Version
The Birth of Jesus
(Amplified)
Twas The Night Before Jesus Came
Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa Claus
