John 1:13

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

In Context

12But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

14And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:9and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

John 3:5"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

Romans 9:1I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--

Romans 10:1Brethren, the longing of my heart, and my prayer to God, on behalf of my countrymen is for their salvation.

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 →

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