John 1:8

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He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.

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He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.

And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”