John 1:5,12-13
John 1:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:12-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:3-5 The Message (MSG)
Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.
John 1:9-13-9-13 The Message (MSG)
The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light. He was in the world, the world was there through him, and yet the world didn’t even notice. He came to his own people, but they didn’t want him. But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. These are the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh-begotten, not sex-begotten.
John 1:5 King James Version (KJV)
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:12-13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:5 New Century Version (NCV)
The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
John 1:12-13 New Century Version (NCV)
But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God. They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.
John 1:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
John 1:12-13 American Standard Version (ASV)
But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:5 New International Version (NIV)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:12-13 New International Version (NIV)
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 1:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:12-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. [Gen 1:3]
John 1:12-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name— [Is 56:5] who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].
John 1:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
John 1:12-13 New Living Translation (NLT)
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
John 1:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And this Light never fails to shine through darkness— Light that darkness could not overcome!
John 1:12-13 The Passion Translation (TPT)
But those who embraced him and took hold of his name he gave authority to become the children of God! He was not born by the joining of human parents or from natural means, or by a man’s desire, but he was born of God.
John 1:5 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
