Nativity of Our Lord
John 1:1-14 (NRSV)
The Word became flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things
came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What
has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness
to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was
not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which
enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He
came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who
received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,
who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man,
but of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have
seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
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