[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.
John 1:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Everything came into being through this Word, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. American Standard Version (1901) All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made. Common English Bible Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word nothing came into being. What came into being Catholic Public Domain Version All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. |
[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.
yet there is [only] one God to us, [and He is] the Father, from whom all things have come, and for whom we live. And [there is only] one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things have come, and through whom we live.
[I was given the responsibility] to enlighten all people regarding the working out of God’s secret plan, which has been kept hidden for ages in [the heart of] God, who created everything.
By [having] faith, we understand that the universe was formed by God’s word [See Gen. 1:1-27], so that what is seen has not been made out of what is visible.
Every person who believes that Jesus is the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one] has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God. And everyone who [continually] loves God, who did the conceiving, also [must continually] love the person whom God has [spiritually] conceived.
“Write [this] to the angel of the church at Laodicia: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the source [or, ruler] of God’s creation [See John 1:3; Heb. 1:1-2]:
“Our Lord and our God, you deserve to receive the glory and the honor and the power for you created everything, and they exist because you wanted them to, so they were created.”