>>5181928King James is OG.
NIV is easier to read, since English has changed over the years.
ESV is the most accurate, but it can have awkward wording since the grammatical structures of Hebrew and Greek don't work the same as English.
I'd go with AKJV, KJV,NKJV, or ESV.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=ESV 
