"John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me…" — John 1:15

John 1:15 · KJV

“John 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.”

— John 1:15

Verse 14

And 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.

Verse 16

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

John 1 — Context

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

And 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.

John 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.

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

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

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and {with} fire:

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

John 1:29-34

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. {taketh away: or, beareth}

Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto {them} all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 5:33-36

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

John 3:26-36

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.

Matthew 3:13-17

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.