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John 1:17
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15 aJohn bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, b‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, cfor He was before me.’ ”  
16 And of His afullness we have all received, and grace for grace.  
17 For athe law was given through Moses, but bgrace and ctruth came through Jesus Christ.  
18 aNo one has seen God at any time. bThe only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.  

A Voice in the Wilderness

19 Now this is athe testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”  
20 aHe confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”  
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John 1:17

The law - Working wrath and containing shadows: was given - No philosopher, poet, or orator, ever chose his words so accurately as St. John. The law, saith he, was given by Moses: grace was by Jesus Christ. Observe the reason for placing each word thus: The law of Moses was not his own. The grace of Christ was. His grace was opposite to the wrath, his truth to the shadowy ceremonies of the law. Jesus - St. John having once mentioned the incarnation John 1:14,) no more uses that name, the Word, in all his book.


 
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