John 1:10

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“He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.”

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BSBPD

“He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 1:10 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 11:6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
  2. Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
  3. Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  4. Genesis 18:33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
  5. Exodus 3:4When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  6. Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
  7. Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  8. John 1:5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  9. John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  10. John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
  11. John 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
  12. Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
  13. Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  14. 1 Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
  15. 1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  16. Hebrews 1:2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
  17. Hebrews 11:3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
  18. 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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