John 1:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

You have chosen Israel to be your people for ever, and you have become their God.

Isaiah 56:5

Then I will set up monuments in my temple with your names written on them. This will be much better than having children, because these monuments will stand there for ever.

Jeremiah 3:19

I have always wanted to treat you as my children and give you the best land, the most beautiful on earth. I wanted you to call me “Father” and not turn from me.

Hosea 1:10

Some day it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People”, but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God”.

Matthew 10:40

Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me.

Matthew 12:21

All nations will place their hope in him.”

Matthew 18:5

And when you welcome one of these children because of me, you welcome me.

John 1:11

He came into his own world, but his own nation did not welcome him.

John 1:7

who came to tell about the light and to lead all people to have faith.

John 11:52

Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all God's scattered people.

John 2:23

In Jerusalem during Passover many people put their faith in Jesus, because they saw him perform miracles.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you will put your faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the Son of God. If you have faith in him, you will have true life.

John 3:18

No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son.

Acts 3:16

You see this man, and you know him. He put his faith in the name of Jesus and was made strong. Faith in Jesus made this man completely well while everyone was watching.

Romans 8:14

Only those people who are led by God's Spirit are his children.

Romans 8:16

God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children.

Romans 8:19

In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are.

Galatians 3:26

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.

Colossians 2:6

You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him.

2 Peter 1:4

God made great and marvellous promises, so that his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.

1 John 3:1

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know that when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 3:23

God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.