In the New Testament, law is often contrasted with grace. Of course, the law and God’s dealings with Israel did involve grace and truth, but the emphasis was more on obedience and punishment.
In John 1:17 Christ is contrasted with Moses and the law. ” What’s abundantly clear is that, when we come to Christ, He dishes out grace in heaping, huge servings. The Amplified Bible translates John 1:16 this way: “Out of His fullness we have all received grace upon grace. The point is that Christ is full of grace, and those who know Him get showered with grace. Christians receive grace and then more grace-grace served on top of grace-grace and then, in place of that, more grace.
One hallmark of any interaction with Jesus is grace. Jesus is full of grace, and John says that, from that fullness, we (John, his original readers, and the rest of us who have trusted in Christ) have received grace and more grace. For the law was given through Moses grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. “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. To get a better understanding of the force of John’s argument, we can read verses 14 and 16–17 together, without verse 15:
In verse 14 we read, “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.” The fact that Jesus was “full of grace and truth” is the key concept addressed in verses 16–17.
The NIV translates the verse “Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.”Ĭhrist (the Word) has been the focus of John chapter 1. The NASB translates the verse the same way. “For from fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” (John 1:16, ESV).
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