John 1:10 “He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the wo…”

John 1:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.

Darby Translation

He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

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Cross references

“was in”

Acts 17:24–27 John 1:18 John 5:17 Genesis 11:6–9 Genesis 16:13 Genesis 17:1

Acts 17:24–27 · BSB

The 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.

John 1:18 · BSB

No 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.

John 5:17 · BSB

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

Genesis 11:6–9 · BSB

And 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.

Genesis 16:13 · BSB

So 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!”

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

“and the world was”

Hebrews 11:3 Jeremiah 10:11 Jeremiah 10:12 Hebrews 1:2

Hebrews 11:3 · BSB

By 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.

Jeremiah 10:11 · BSB

Thus 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.”

Jeremiah 10:12 · BSB

The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

Hebrews 1:2 · BSB

But 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.

“knew”

John 17:25 1 John 3:1 1 Corinthians 2:8 1 Corinthians 1:21 Matthew 11:27 John 1:5

John 17:25 · BSB

Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

1 John 3:1 · BSB

Behold 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.

1 Corinthians 2:8 · BSB

None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

1 Corinthians 1:21 · BSB

For 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.

Matthew 11:27 · BSB

All 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.

John 1:5 · BSB

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

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