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BibleGateway: John 1:15-18

ESV Text: John 1:15-18


KJV Text:

The section starts at about 1:21 and ends at about 1:58

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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. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.(KJV)


Hymn: TLH 295:
The Law of God is Good and Wise

— Organ Audio

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1. The Law of God is good and wise 
And sets His will before our eyes, 
Shows us the way of righteousness, 
And dooms to death when we transgress. 

2. Its light of holiness imparts 
The knowledge of our sinful hearts 
That we may see our lost estate 
And seek deliverance ere too late. 

3. To those who help in Christ have found 
And would in works of love abound 
It shows what deeds are His delight 
And should be done as food and right. 

4. When men the offered help disdain 
And wilfully in sin remain, 
Its terror in their ear resounds 
And keeps their wickedness in bounds. 

5. The Law is good; but since the Fall 
Its holiness condemns us all; 
It dooms us for our sin to die 
And has no power to justify. 

6. To Jesus we for refuge flee, 
Who from the curse has set us free, 
And humbly worship at His throne, 
Saved by His grace through faith alone.