“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John 1:26 - English Standard Version 2016 John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. [Mal. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, Common English Bible John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize. Catholic Public Domain Version John answered them by saying: "I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. |
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
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.”
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.