John 1:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa. 56:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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:

Common English Bible

¹² But those who did welcome him, those who believed in his name, he authorized to become God’s children,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.

John 1:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

And thou didst establish for thyself thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O Lord, didst become their God.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off.

Jeremiah 3:19

“ ‘I thought how I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beauteous of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”

Matthew 10:40

“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Matthew 12:21

and in his name will the Gentiles hope.”

Matthew 18:5

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me;

John 1:11

He came to his own home, and his own people received him not.

John 1:7

He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 2:23

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did;

John 20:31

but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

John 3:18

He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Acts 3:16

And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Romans 8:16

it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God;

Galatians 3:26

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Colossians 2:6

As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

2 Peter 1:4

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.