John 1:3 (DBY)

Passage

All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.

Nearby Context

John 1:1 In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:2 *He* was in the beginning with God.

John 1:3 All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.

John 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5 And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "received", "through", and "without". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "received", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "He was in the beginning with God..." into verse 4's "In him was life and the life...", so "all things" and "received" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "received" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.