John 1:12

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.

Cross References

Matthew 10:40

He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.

Matthew 12:21

And on his name shall the Gentiles rest their hopes."

Matthew 18:5

And any one who, for the sake of my Name, welcomes even one little child like this, is welcoming me.

John 1:11

He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.

John 1:7

He came as a witness--to bear witness to the Light that through him all men might believe.

John 11:52

And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.

John 2:23

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

John 20:31

But these have been recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God--and that, through your belief in his Name, you may have Life.

John 3:18

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

Acts 3:16

And it is by faith in the Name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has--by his Name--been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.

Romans 8:14

All who are guided by the Spirit of God are Sons of God.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God's children,

Romans 8:19

All Nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the Sons of God.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.'

Colossians 2:6

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--

2 Peter 1:4

For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.

1 John 3:1

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

1 John 3:10

By this the Children of God are distinguished from the Children of the Devil--No one who lives unrighteously comes from God, and especially the man who does not love his Brother.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God's Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:23

His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.