He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
He did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent ahead of him.’
Then Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”