John 1:12

New International Reader's Version

Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

You made Israel your very own people forever. Lord, you have become our God.

Isaiah 56:5

Then I will set up a monument in the area of my temple. Their names will be written on it. That will be better for them than having sons and daughters. The names of the eunuchs will be remembered forever. They will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I myself said, “ ‘I would gladly treat you like my children. I would give you a pleasant land. It is the most beautiful land any nation could have.’ I thought you would call me ‘Father.’ I hoped you would always obey me.

Hosea 1:10

“But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them, ‘You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

Matthew 10:40

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

Matthew 12:21

The nations will put their hope in him.” (Isaiah 42:1–4)

Matthew 18:5

Anyone who welcomes a little child like this one in my name welcomes me.

John 1:11

He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.

John 1:7

He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe.

John 11:52

He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one.

John 2:23

Meanwhile, he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast. Many people saw the signs he was doing. And they believed in his name.

John 20:31

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. If you believe this, you will have life because you belong to him.

John 3:18

Anyone who believes in him is not judged. But anyone who does not believe is judged already. They have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Acts 3:16

This man whom you see and know was made strong because of faith in Jesus’ name. Faith in Jesus has healed him completely. You can see it with your own eyes.

Romans 8:14

Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself joins with our spirits. Together they tell us that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

Everything God created looks forward to the future. That will be the time when his children appear in their full and final glory.

Galatians 3:26

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God by believing in Christ.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. He is the Holy Spirit. By his power we call God Abba. Abba means Father.

Colossians 2:6

You received Christ Jesus as Lord. So keep on living your lives in him.

2 Peter 1:4

He has also given us his very great and valuable promises. He did it so you could share in his nature. You can share in it because you’ve escaped from the evil in the world. This evil is caused by sinful desires.

1 John 3:1

See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.

1 John 3:10

Here is how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child. And anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 3:23

God has commanded us to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. He has also commanded us to love one another.