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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.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16 And of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

John \u2014 John the Baptist. John, the writer of the book, never mentions himself by name.<\/h3>\n

bare witness \u2014 in Greek, “bearing witness” (present tense). John the Baptist was was dead by the time this was written, but his witness continues.<\/h3>\n

John the Baptist appeared first, but Christ had greater glory and honor \u2014 and existed before John.<\/h3>\n

fulness \u2014of the Godhead. Literally, plentitude and totality. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell (Colossians 1:19<\/span><\/a>). For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Colossians 2:9<\/span><\/a>).<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

of His fulness \u2014 out of His inexhaustible fullness<\/h3>\n

grace for grace \u2014 inexhaustible new grace in the place of old grace, grace replenishing grace.<\/h3>\n

came = came into being<\/h3>\n

law \u2014 showed man that he should live a life that reflects God’s nature \u2014 and that he couldn’t do so.<\/h3>\n

Grace does not ignore the law (righteousness\/truth). It establishes the law because it reigns through righteousness. It brings righteousness instead of demanding it.<\/h3>\n

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law (Romans 3:31<\/span><\/a>).<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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