IV. The Raising of Lazarus

> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was a God. > The same was in the beginning with God. > All things came into being through It and save through It was not anything made that was made. > In It was Life and Life was the Light of men. > And the Light shone into the darkness but the darkness comprehended it not. > There was a man; he was sent from God, bearing the name John. The same came as a witness in order to bear witness of the Light that through him all might believe. > He was not the Light but was a witness of the Light. > For the true Light which lighteth every man should come into the world. > It was in the world and the world came into being through It, but the world knew It not. > It entered into individual men (that is, the ego-men); but individual men (the ego-men) received it not. > But they who received it could reveal themselves as Children of God. > They who trusted in His name were not born of the blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man—but of God. > And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we have heard His teaching, the teaching of the once born Son of the Father filled with Devotion and Truth. > John bare witness of Him and proclaimed clearly: He it was of whom I said:—He will come after me, who was before me. For He is my forerunner. > For out of His fullness have we all received Grace upon Grace. For the law was given through Moses, but Grace and Truth came through Jesus-Christ. > Hitherto hath no one beheld God with his eyes. The once-born Son, who was in the bosom of the Universal-Father, has become the leader in this beholding.