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12 But all who did receive Him, He gave them— the ones believing in His name— the right[a] to become children of God, 13 who were born not of bloods[b], nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God[c].

The Word Became Flesh And We Saw His Unique Glory. John Bore Witness To Him

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt[d] among us, and we saw His glory— glory as of the only-born[e] from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:12 Or, authority, capability.
  2. John 1:13 That is, bloodlines, human parents.
  3. John 1:13 That is, in a second birth.
  4. John 1:14 Or, lived.
  5. John 1:14 Or, one-and-only, one-of-his-kind, unique one. He had a unique glory. The emphasis may be on His glory as God’s eternal Son, or as God’s incarnate Son.

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(D)

14 The Word became flesh(E) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(F) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(G) and truth.(H)

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