He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.
And he confessed, and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ.
You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying: That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.
That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.