John 1:15

A Conservative Version

John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.

Colossians 1:17

And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.

Luke 3:16

John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in Holy Spirit and fire,

Micah 5:2

But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which are little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee he shall come forth to me who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.

Revelation 2:8

And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today, and into the ages.

John 1:27

He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.

Mark 1:7

And he preached, saying, A man mightier than I comes after me of whom I am not worthy, having stooped down, to loosen the strap of his shoes.

Revelation 1:11

saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Proverbs 8:22

LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.