John 1:6-13

Contemporary English Version

⁶^(A) God sent a man named John,
⁷who came to tell
    about the light
and to lead all people
    to have faith.
⁸John wasn't this light.
He came only to tell
    about the light.

⁹The true light that shines
on everyone
    was coming into the world.
¹⁰The Word was in the world,
    but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
    with his Word.
¹¹He came into his own world,
but his own nation
    did not welcome him.
¹²Yet some people accepted him
    and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
    to be the children of God.
¹³They were not God's children
by nature or because
    of any human desires.
God himself was the one
    who made them his children.