John 1:1-5 (NRSV)
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2] He was in the beginning with God.
[3] All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
[4] in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
[5] The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

John 1:9-14 (NRSV)
[9] The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
[10] He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.
[11] He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.
[12] But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,
[13] who were born, not of blood or …