John 1:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right 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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 7:24

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever. And Lord, you became their God.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said to myself,\par ‘I want to treat you like my own children.\par I want to give you a pleasant land,\par a land more beautiful\par than any other nation.’\par I thought that you would call me ‘Father.’\par I thought that you would always follow me.\par

Hosea 1:10

“\{In the future,\} the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea. You can’t measure the sand or count it. Then it will happen that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said to them, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Matthew 10:40

The person that accepts you also accepts me. And the person that accepts me also accepts the One (God) that sent me.

Matthew 12:21

All people will hope in him.”\par \i (Isaiah 42:1-4)\i0 \par

Matthew 18:5

“If a person accepts a little child like this in my name, then that person accepts me.

John 1:11

He came to the world that was his own. But his own people did not accept him.

John 1:7

John came to tell people about the Light (Christ). Through John all people could \{hear about the Light and\} believe.

John 11:52

Yes, Jesus would die for the Jewish people. But Jesus would also die for God’s other children that were scattered \{in all the world\}. He would die to bring them all together and make them one people.

John 2:23

Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover {\cf2\super [43]} festival. Many people believed in Jesus because they saw the miracles {\cf2\super [44]} he did.

John 20:31

But these things are written so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, {\cf2\super [268]} the Son of God. Then, by believing, you can have life through his name.

John 3:18

The person that believes in God’s Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God’s only Son.

Acts 3:16

It was the power of Jesus that made this crippled man well. This happened because we trusted in the power of Jesus. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus. You all saw it happen!

Romans 8:14

The true children of God are those people that let God’s Spirit lead them.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.

Galatians 4:6

You are God’s children. That is why God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. The Spirit {\cf2\super [49]} cries out, “Abba, {\cf2\super [50]} Father.”

Colossians 2:6

You received Christ Jesus the Lord. So continue to live following him without changing anything.

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and goodness, Jesus gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With those gifts you can share in being like God. And so the world will not ruin you with the evil things it wants.

1 John 3:1

The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are. Also, we can know who the children of the devil are. The people who don’t do what is right are not children of God. And the person who does not love his brothers and sisters \{in Christ\} is not a child of God.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him. We will see him like he really is.

1 John 3:23

This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ and that we love each other. This is what he commanded.