生命之道
1太初，道已經存在，道與上帝同在，道就是上帝。 2祂太初就與上帝同在。 3萬物都是藉著祂造的1·3 「造的」或譯「存在」。，受造之物沒有一樣不是藉著祂造的。 4祂裡面有生命，這生命是人類的光。 5光照進黑暗裡，黑暗不能吞滅1·5 「吞滅」或譯「接受」或「明白」。光。
6有一個上帝差來的人名叫約翰， 7他作為見證人來為光作見證，叫世人可以藉著他相信。 8約翰不是那光，而是那光的見證人。 9那照亮世人的真光來到了世上。 10祂來到世上，藉祂而造的世界卻不認識祂。 11祂來到自己的地方，自己人卻不接受祂。 12但所有接受祂的，就是那些信祂的人，祂就賜給他們權利成為上帝的兒女。 13這些人不是從血緣關係生的，也不是從情慾或人意生的，而是從上帝生的。
14道成為肉身，住在我們中間，充滿了恩典和真理。我們見過祂的榮耀，正是父獨一兒子的榮耀。
15約翰為祂作見證，高聲喊道：「這就是我以前所說的那位，『祂在我之後來，卻比我位分高，因為祂在我之前已經存在了。』」 16從祂的豐盛裡，我們一次又一次地領受了恩典。 17因為律法是藉著摩西頒佈的，恩典和真理則是藉著耶穌基督賜下來的。 18從來沒有人見過上帝，只有父懷中的獨一上帝1·18 「獨一上帝」有古卷作「獨一兒子」。把祂顯明出來。
施洗者約翰的見證
19以下是約翰的見證。猶太人從耶路撒冷派祭司和利未人來查問約翰是誰。 20約翰毫不隱瞞地說：「我不是基督。」
21他們問：「那麼，你是誰？是以利亞嗎？」
他說：「不是。」
他們又問：「你是那位先知嗎？」
他說：「不是。」
22他們又追問：「你到底是誰？你自己說出來吧，我們好回覆差我們來的人。」
23他就用以賽亞先知的話說：「我就是那個在曠野大聲呼喊『修直主的路』1·23 以賽亞書40·3。的人。」
24法利賽人派來的那些人問他： 25「你既然不是基督，不是以利亞，也不是那位先知，那你為什麼給人施洗呢？」
26約翰答道：「我用水施洗，但在你們中間站著一位你們不認識的， 27祂在我之後來，我連給祂解鞋帶都不配。」 28這事發生在約旦河東岸的伯大尼，就是約翰給人施洗的地方。
上帝的羔羊
29次日，約翰看見耶穌走過來，就說：「看啊！上帝的羔羊，除去世人罪惡的！ 30我說過，『有一個人在我之後來，卻比我位分高，因為祂在我之前已經存在了。』這就是我說的那位。 31我以前並不認識祂，現在我用水給人施洗，是要把祂顯明給以色列人。」
32約翰又作見證說：「我看見聖靈好像鴿子一樣從天降下，住在祂身上。 33我本來不認識祂，但那位差我來用水給人施洗的告訴我，『你看見聖靈降下，住在誰身上，誰就是用聖靈給人施洗的。』 34我看見了，便作見證：祂就是上帝的兒子。」
第一批門徒
35再次日，約翰和兩個門徒站在那裡， 36他看見耶穌經過，就說：「看啊！這是上帝的羔羊！」 37兩個門徒聽見他的話，便跟從了耶穌。 38耶穌轉過身來，看見他們跟著，便問：「你們想要什麼？」
他們說：「老師1·38 「老師」希臘文是「拉比」，特指猶太教的老師，下同。，你住在哪裡？」
39耶穌說：「你們來看吧。」他們便跟著去看耶穌住的地方。那時大約下午四點，他們就住在耶穌那裡。 40聽見約翰的話後跟從耶穌的兩個人中，有一個是西門·彼得的弟弟安得烈。 41他首先去找他哥哥西門，說：「我們找到彌賽亞了！」彌賽亞的意思是基督1·41 希伯來文的「彌賽亞」和希臘文的「基督」都是「受膏者」的意思。。 42他帶著西門去見耶穌。
耶穌看著西門，對他說：「你是約翰的兒子西門，你要叫磯法。」磯法的意思是彼得1·42 「磯法」和「彼得」分別是亞蘭語和希臘語，都是「磐石」的意思。。
43又過了一天，耶穌決定去加利利。祂找到腓力，就對他說：「跟從我！」 44腓力是伯賽大人，與彼得、安得烈是同鄉。 45腓力去找拿但業，對他說：「我們遇見了摩西律法和先知記載的那位！祂是約瑟的兒子，拿撒勒人耶穌。」
46拿但業說：「拿撒勒能出什麼好的？」
腓力說：「你來看看吧！」
47耶穌看見拿但業走過來，就指著他說：「看啊，這是個真正的以色列人！他心裡毫無詭詐。」
48拿但業問耶穌：「你怎麼會認識我？」
耶穌答道：「你在無花果樹下，腓力叫你之前，我就看見你了。」
49拿但業說：「老師，你是上帝的兒子！你是以色列的王！」
50耶穌說：「我說看見你在無花果樹下，你就信我嗎？將來你還要看見比這更大的事。 51我實實在在地告訴你們，你們會看見天開了，上帝的天使以人子1·51 「人子」是耶穌的自稱，耶穌在這裡自比天梯，背景請參見創世記28·12。為梯上上下下。」
The Word Became Flesh
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome1:5 Or understood it.
6There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”) 16Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15,16; 7:1,11,13; 9:22; 18:14,28,36; 19:7,12,31,38; 20:19. in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
21They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”1:23 Isaiah 40:3
24Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26“I baptize with1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice) water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50Jesus said, “You believe1:50 Or Do you believe…? because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51He then added, “Very truly I tell you,1:51 The Greek is plural. you1:51 The Greek is plural. will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’1:51 Gen. 28:12 the Son of Man.”
