John 1:12

Plain English Version

But some people did want him. They believed in him, so God said they can join his family, and be his own kids.

Cross References

Matthew 12:21

And people everywhere will believe that he can save them.” (We have not yet translated 12:22-37. You can read those stories and messages in Mark 3:20-30 and Luke 6:43-45.)

John 1:11

He came to his own countrymen, but most of them didn’t want him.

John 1:7

His job was to tell everyone about the person that is that light, so everyone could hear his message and believe it.

John 11:52

And he was also going to die for all God’s people, everywhere. He died to join all of God’s people everywhere into one mob.

John 2:23

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover ceremony, the people there saw him do powerful things, and lots of them believed in him.

John 20:31

But I wrote about some of the things he did so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us, and so that you can believe that he is God’s son. And if you believe in him, you will live with God for ever.

John 3:18

If anyone believes in God’s son, then God will not say they are guilty. But if anyone does not believe in him, God has already said they are guilty. You see, they do not believe in God’s only son, his special son.

Acts 3:16

Now you are looking at this man here, and you know he used to be crippled. But we believed that Jesus can make him better, so Jesus did make him better. You mob saw that with your own eyes.”

Romans 8:14

It is like this. God’s kids are those people that listen to his spirit and follow him.

Romans 8:16

And his spirit in us talks to our own spirits, and he tells us, “That is right, you really are God’s kids.”

Romans 8:19

It is like this, everything in the world is waiting for that time when God will set everything right and show everyone who his kids really are.

Galatians 3:26

It’s like this now. You all believe in Jesus Christ, so you are joined to him, and you are all God’s kids.

Galatians 4:6

And when we became God’s kids, he sent his son’s spirit to live right inside us. His spirit in us gets us to call out to God, “My Dad, you are my father.”

Colossians 2:6

You believe in Jesus Christ now, and you let him be your boss. That’s good. Keep living his way.

2 Peter 1:4

And he promised us some very important things, and they are very special to us. He promised that we can think the way he thinks, so that we become really good people. He says that we can get away from bad things. We are not like the people that belong to this world. They want to do bad things, then they go and do those bad things, and they become bad people. But God says that we can get away from all that.