{"id":1089,"date":"2014-09-19T22:57:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T22:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:57:01","slug":"worship-september-21-2014-15th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; September 21, 2014 &#8211; 15th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>&#8220;Truth&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Truth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1090\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Truth-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"Truth\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\"><\/a><\/figure><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>John 1:1-14, 17&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"en-ESV-26035\" class=\"text John-1-1\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Word Became Flesh<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text John-1-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">1&nbsp;<\/span>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26036\" class=\"text John-1-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He was in the beginning with God.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26037\" class=\"text John-1-3\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26038\" class=\"text John-1-4\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>In him was life, and the life was the light of men.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26039\" class=\"text John-1-5\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26040\" class=\"text John-1-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">6&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26041\" class=\"text John-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">7&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26042\" class=\"text John-1-8\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26043\" class=\"text John-1-9\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26044\" class=\"text John-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">10&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26045\" class=\"text John-1-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">11&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26046\" class=\"text John-1-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">12&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26047\" class=\"text John-1-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">13&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26048\" class=\"text John-1-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">14&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26051\" class=\"text John-1-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">17&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For the law was given through Moses; 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