{"id":771,"date":"2017-12-25T00:57:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T07:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionspeak.asinglelion.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2017-12-25T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T07:57:25","slug":"merry-christmas-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"passage-display\"><span class=\"passage-display-bcv\">John 1<\/span><span class=\"passage-display-version\">English Standard Version (ESV)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text John-1-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">1\u00a0<\/span>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26036\" class=\"text John-1-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>He was in the beginning with God.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26037\" class=\"text John-1-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26038\" class=\"text John-1-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>In him was life, and the life was the light of men.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26039\" class=\"text John-1-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26040\" class=\"text John-1-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26041\" class=\"text John-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26042\" class=\"text John-1-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26043\" class=\"text John-1-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9\u00a0<\/sup>The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26044\" class=\"text John-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10\u00a0<\/sup>He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26045\" class=\"text John-1-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26046\" class=\"text John-1-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26047\" class=\"text John-1-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26048\" class=\"text John-1-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/creche..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/creche..jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/creche.-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/creche.-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 1English Standard Version (ESV) 1\u00a0In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2\u00a0He was in the beginning with God. 3\u00a0All things were made through him, and without him was not &hellip; 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