John 1:17 KJV — MannaFest

John 1:17

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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DBT

For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

ASV

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

WEB

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

YLT

for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Psalms 92:2
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Romans 5:20–21
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans 3:19–26
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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); for the Old Testament had grace in type, the New Testament has grace in truth. There was a grace under the Old Testament, the gospel was preached then ( Gal. iii. 8 ); but that grace is superseded, and we have gospel grace instead of it, a glory which excelleth, 2 Cor. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For, &c.--The Law elicits the consciousness of sin and the need of redemption; it only typifies the reality. The Gospel, on the contrary, actually communicates reality and power from above (compare Ro 6:14). Hence Paul terms the Old Testament "shadow," while he calls the New Testament "substance" (Col 2:17) [OLSHAUSEN].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Chiasm John 1:3
John's Prologue pair: 'all things were made through him' (creation) mirrors 'grace and truth came through Jesus Christ' (new-covenant gift). confidence=author-asserted.
Culpepper, NTS 27 (1980): 1-31

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