John 1:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

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  • Col 1:19 : 19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
  • Eph 4:7-9 : 7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ. 8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men. 9 (Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.) 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching; 12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
  • 1 Cor 1:4-5 : 4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus; 5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Eph 1:23 : 23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.
  • Eph 2:5-9 : 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation), 6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus; 7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus: 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: 9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. 10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
  • Eph 3:19 : 19 And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.
  • Rom 5:17 : 17 For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
  • Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form, 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
  • John 15:1-5 : 1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. 2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit. 3 You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you. 4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
  • Acts 3:12-16 : 12 And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs? 13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free. 14 But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you, 15 And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses. 16 And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.
  • Zech 4:7 : 7 Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you will become level: and he will let all see the headstone, with cries of Grace, grace, to it.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Matt 3:14 : 14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
  • Matt 13:12 : 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

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  • John 1:17-18
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    17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

    18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • John 1:14-15
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    14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • Eph 4:7
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    7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

  • 2 Pet 1:2-3
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    2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

    3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

  • Eph 1:6-8
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    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

    7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

    8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

  • Titus 2:11
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    11 For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,

  • Rom 1:5
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    5 Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

  • 1 Tim 1:14
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    14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 1:1-5
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    1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

  • 2 John 1:3
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    3 May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

  • 1 Cor 1:3-5
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    3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

    5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

  • Col 1:6
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    6 Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

  • 2 Pet 1:16-17
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    16 For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

    17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Titus 3:6
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    6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

  • Heb 4:16
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    16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

  • Col 1:19
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    19 For God in full measure was pleased to be in him;

  • Jas 1:17-18
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    17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

    18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8 So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

  • John 3:27
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    27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

  • Eph 1:2-3
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    2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

  • Rom 5:20
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    20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

  • Col 1:14
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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • John 1:9
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    9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

  • 2 Cor 8:6
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    6 So that we made a request to Titus that, as he had made a start before, so he might make this grace complete in you.

  • Rom 15:7
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    7 So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

  • Eph 2:7-8
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    7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:

    8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

  • John 1:6-7
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    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

  • Eph 1:23
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    23 Which is his body, the full measure of him in whom all things are made complete.

  • Rom 5:2
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    2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

  • Col 1:17
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    17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

  • Luke 1:1
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    1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

  • 1 Pet 4:10
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    10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;