15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me : for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have aU we received, and grace for grace.
1*1 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time ; the only beo;otten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
The passage before us contains three great declarations about our Lord Jesus Christ. Each of the three is among the foundation principles of Christianity.
We are taught, firstly, that it is Christ alone who sup- plies all the spiritual wants of all believers, ft is written