John 1:7-14

⁷He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

⁸He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

⁹The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

¹⁰He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

¹¹He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

¹²To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God — that is, to those who had faith in his name:

¹³Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

¹⁴And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory — such glory as is given to an only son by his father — saw it to be true and full of grace.