John 1:12
Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
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In The King James Version
In Context
11He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.
13These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Cross References
Isaiah 56:5I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.
Hosea 1:10And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ this will happen: it will be said to them, ‘You are the sons of the living God.’
Matthew 12:21And the Gentiles shall hope in his name.”
John 1:7He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
John 3:18Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
John 20:31But these things have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, in believing, you may have life in his name.
Matthew Henry on John 1:7-15
The Testimony of John Baptist; Christ's Incarnation. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as… Read the whole commentary →