John 1:10

New Century Version

The Word was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him.

Cross References

Genesis 16:13

The slave girl gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are ‘God who sees me,’ ” because she said to herself, “Have I really seen God who sees me?”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.

Genesis 18:33

When the Lord finished speaking to Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

Isaiah 53:3

He was hated and rejected by people. He had much pain and suffering. People would not even look at him. He was hated, and we didn’t even notice him.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.

John 1:11

He came to the world that was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the Father, and he has shown us what God is like.

John 1:3

All things were made by him, and nothing was made without him.

John 1:5

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.

John 17:25

Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you, and these people know you sent me.

John 5:17

But Jesus said to them, “My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too.”

Acts 14:17

Yet he proved he is real by showing kindness, by giving you rain from heaven and crops at the right times, by giving you food and filling your hearts with joy.”

1 Corinthians 1:21

In the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its own wisdom. So God chose to use the message that sounds foolish to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this world understood it. If they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 8:6

for us there is only one God—our Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord—Jesus Christ. All things were made through him, and we also were made through him.

Colossians 1:16

Through his power all things were made—things in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, all powers, authorities, lords, and rulers. All things were made through Christ and for Christ.

Hebrews 11:3

It is by faith we understand that the whole world was made by God’s command so what we see was made by something that cannot be seen.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.