Grace and Truth Together
John's sentence begins with a startling closeness: the Word became flesh and lived among us. The language does not leave God at the level of an abstract idea. It speaks of a life shared in the ordinar
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The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The verse places the Word's human nearness alongside the witnesses' account of his glory. It invites us to hold grace and truth together as we consider him.
John's sentence begins with a startling closeness: the Word became flesh and lived among us. The language does not leave God at the level of an abstract idea. It speaks of a life shared in the ordinar