¶ Full of Grace and Truth
The Word made flesh
is full of grace and truth.
And the Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us,
and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father,
full of grace and truth.
Full of grace and truth describes the character of the Word made flesh. The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. In Him grace and truth meet. He is full of grace — undeserved favor — and full of truth — the reality of God revealed. Of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. The glory of the only begotten is the glory of one who is full of grace and truth.
- The Word made flesh is full of grace and truth.
- Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- He is both the gift and the revelation.
- In Him grace and truth meet.
Full of grace and truth. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Full of grace and truth.
And of his fulness have all we received,
and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John 1:14 says He is full of grace and truth.
- John 1:16 says of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- John 1:17 contrasts the law given by Moses with grace and truth coming by Jesus Christ.
- Grace is the undeserved favor of God; truth is the reality of God revealed.
- Both are fully present in Christ.
- Believers receive of His fulness.
¶ Key Aspects of Full of Grace and Truth
- Grace – Undeserved favor.
- Truth – The reality of God revealed.
- Fulness – Of His fulness we have received.
- Came by Christ – Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Glory – The glory of the only begotten.
- Received – Grace for grace.
- John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
- John 1:16-17 – “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
- Ephesians 2:8 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.”
- John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
- Colossians 2:9 – “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
- Colossians 1:19 – “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.”
- Romans 3:24 – “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
- Romans 5:20 – “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”
- John 8:32 – “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
- Titus 2:11 – “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.”
- Hebrews 1:3 – “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person.”
- John 1:18 – “The only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
Full of grace and truth.
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The Word made flesh is full of grace and truth. Of His fulness we have received, and grace for grace.
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