1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it… 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- John 1:1-17, NIV
Jesus is “the Word” of God.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
- John 1:18
3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
- Hebrews 1:3
To know the Word is to know God.
39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me…
- John 5:39
14 We have seen his glory. the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth… grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- John 1:14, 17
We can know God’s grace.
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
- Ephesians 2:8
16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
- John 1:16
We can know God’s truth.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
- John 1:9
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
- John 14:6-7
We can come to God with nothing hidden.
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
- John 4:23-24