John 1:10

New International Reader's Version

The Word was in the world. And the world was made through him. But the world did not recognize him.

Cross References

Genesis 16:13

She gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her. She called him “You are the God who sees me.” That’s because she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said, “I am the Mighty God. Walk faithfully with me. Live in a way that pleases me.

Genesis 18:33

When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left. And Abraham returned home.

Isaiah 53:3

People looked down on him. They didn’t accept him. He knew all about pain and suffering. He was like someone people turn their faces away from. We looked down on him. We didn’t have any respect for him.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given all things to me. The Father is the only one who knows the Son. And the only ones who know the Father are the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to make him known.

John 1:11

He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.

John 1:3

All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him.

John 1:5

The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not overcome the light.

John 17:25

“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

John 5:17

Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.”

Acts 14:17

But he has given proof of what he is like. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven. He gives you crops in their seasons. He provides you with plenty of food. He fills your hearts with joy.”

1 Corinthians 1:21

God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this world understood God’s wisdom. If they had, they would not have nailed the Lord of glory to the cross.

1 Corinthians 8:6

But for us there is only one God. He is the Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord. He is Jesus Christ. All things came because of him, and we live because of him.

Colossians 1:16

All things were created in him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He created kings, powers, rulers and authorities. All things have been created by him and for him.

Hebrews 11:3

We have faith. So we understand that everything was made when God commanded it. That’s why we believe that what we see was not made out of what could be seen.

1 John 3:1

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.