John 1:6-13

6God sent a man to bring his message. His name was John.

7He came to tell people about the light. God wanted everyone to believe in the one who is the light.

8John himself was not that light. God sent him to tell people about the light.

9The true light gives light to every person. That light was now coming into the world.

10The Word was now in the world. God had made the world through him. But the people in the world did not know who he was.

11He came to his own place, but his own people did not accept him.

12Some people did accept him and they believed in him. He gave authority to those people to become God's children.

13They did not become God's children in the usual human way. They were not born because some people wanted to have children. They were not born because of what any man decided. No! They were born from God.