Catholic Public Domain Version
"He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light. "
— John 1:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.”
“He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light. ”
“He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.”
“He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.”
“He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.”
“He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.”
“He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.”
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.
He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.