## A person cannot receive even one thing unless ##

"Nobody has any power unless"

## you yourselves ##

This "you" is plural and refers to all the people John is talking to. Alternate Translation: "You all" or "All of you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pluralpronouns]])

## I have been sent before him ##

"God sent me to arrive first" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])