13. They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, but of God.
14. And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15. John testifies about Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘The One who comes after me is above me, because He existed before me.’”
16. Out of His fullness, we have all received grace on top of grace.
17. Torah was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.
18. No one has ever seen God; but the one and only God, in the Father’s embrace, has made Him known.
19. This is John’s testimony, when the Judean leaders sent kohanim and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20. He openly admitted and did not deny; he admitted, “I am not the Messiah.”