John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — John writes as an eyewitness ("We have seen") to a community of believers, declaring the incarnation as a past event already accomplished. The moment follows his statement that these children are "born of God" (1:13), grounding their origin in this very act.

The words — ἐσκήνωσεν (eskēnōsen), "He tabernacled," is a rare verb built on σκηνή, the tent of Exodus; it does not merely say the Word lived among people but that He pitched His dwelling there.

The thread — 1 Timothy 3:16 confesses "He appeared in the flesh"; Galatians 4:4 says God sent His Son "born of a woman"; 1 John 4:9 restates that God sent His one and only Son so we might live.

Why it lands — The verse claims divine glory was visible in a human life and that this is a witnessed fact, not a hypothesis. It forces the reader to decide whether "full of grace and truth" describes a person they can encounter or remains an abstraction.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

1 John 4:9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
1 Timothy 3:16 By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
Philippians 2:6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
Colossians 1:19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,