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  • John 1:10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 10 He was in the world,+ and the world came into existence through him,+ but the world did not know him.

  • John 1:10
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 10 ἐν In τῷ the κόσμῳ world ἦν, he was, καὶ and ὁ the κόσμος world δι’ through αὐτοῦ him ἐγένετο, came to be, καὶ and ὁ the κόσμος world αὐτὸν him οὐκ not ἔγνω. knew.

  • John 1:10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 10 He was in the world,+ and the world came into existence through him,+ but the world did not know him.

  • John 1:10
    The Bible in Living English
    • 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by his agency, and the world did not know him;

  • John 1:10
    American Standard Version
    • 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

  • John 1:10
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 10 In the world he was And the world through him came into existence, And the world knew him not.

  • John 1:10
    King James Version
    • 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 1:10 it-2 1206; w93 4/1 12

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 1:10 w83 8/15 5; sl 52; ad 1672; w64 51; w62 557; wr 10; w59 61-62

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 1:10

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 1206

      The Watchtower,

      4/1/1993, p. 12

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 1:10

      the world came into existence through him: Here the Greek word koʹsmos (“world”) refers to the world of mankind, which is evident later in the verse where it says that the world did not know him. The Greek term was sometimes used in secular writings to refer to the universe and creation in general, and the apostle Paul may have used it in that sense when he was addressing a Greek audience. (Ac 17:24) However, in the Christian Greek Scriptures, the term generally refers to the world of mankind or a part of it. It is true that Jesus did share in the production of all things, including the heavens and the earth and all things in it. But the focus of this verse is his role in bringing humankind into existence.​—Ge 1:26; Joh 1:3; Col 1:15-17.

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