John 1:15 - Modern English Version

¹⁵ John bore witness of Him and cried out, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ John testified about him, crying out, “This is the one of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than me because he existed before me.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: "This is the one about whom I said: 'He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.' "

John 1:15 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 8:22

“The Lord created me at the beginning of His work, before His works of old.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, although you are small among the tribes of Judah, from you will come forth for Me one who will be ruler over Israel. His origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Matthew 3:11

“I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Mark 1:7

He preached saying, “After me is coming One mightier than I, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water. But One mightier than I is coming, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 1:27

This is He who comes after me, who is preferred before me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

John 17:5

And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM.”

Colossians 1:17

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

Revelation 1:11

saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 2:8

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: “The First and the Last, who was dead and came to life, says these things: