"And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace." — John 1:16

John 1:16 · KJV

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

— John 1:16

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.

Verse 17

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

John 1 — Context

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.

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

Cross References

Colossians 1:19

For it pleased {the Father} that in him should all fulness dwell;

Romans 5:2

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:5-10

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}

Ephesians 4:7-13

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Colossians 2:9-10

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Ephesians 3:19

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 1:23

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Romans 5:17

For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) {by one man's...: or, by one offence}