John 1:11-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 He came to His own,[a]
and His own people[b] did not receive Him.
12 But to all who did receive(A) Him,(B)
He gave them the right(C) to be[c] children(D) of God,(E)
to those who believe(F) in His name,(G)
13 who were born,(H)
not of blood,[d]
or of the will(I) of the flesh,(J)
or of the will of man,[e]
but of God.(K)
Footnotes
- John 1:11 The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
- John 1:11 The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
- John 1:12 Or become
- John 1:13 Lit bloods; the pl form of blood occurs only here in the NT. It may refer either to lineal descent (that is, blood from one’s father and mother) or to the OT sacrificial system (that is, the various blood sacrifices). Neither is the basis for birth into the family of God.
- John 1:13 Or not of human lineage, or of human capacity, or of human volition
John 1:11-13
New International Version
11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(A) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(B) in his name,(C) he gave the right to become children of God(D)— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(E)
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