• John 1:13

    John 1:13

    “who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.’                This is a continuation of the verse before. It is an explanation of what it means to be a child of God. As we explored last week, those who receive Jesus and believe in His… Read more

  • John 1:12

    John 1:12

    “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.”                In the previous verse, John was showing how Jesus came to His own and His own did not receive Him. This verse follows up with that to show what happens to those who do receive Jesus. As… Read more

  • John 1:11

    John 1:11

    “He came to his own, and His own people did not receive Him.” John is showing where Jesus came to earth in this verse. This will be in direct opposition to the way they receive him. When John says that “He came to His own” it is literally meant that He came to His own… Read more

  • John 1:10

    John 1:10

    “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him.” John brings together a concept from previous statements along with a new concept. The previous concept is that the WORD is God who has created everything. This is a summarization of verse 3: “All things were… Read more

  • John 1:9

    John 1:9

    “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.”                It is really interesting how John distinguishes, here, between the light and the true light. There have been other lights you can consider such as the prophets or even the law given to Moses to be light. John is making sure… Read more

  • John 1:7-8

    John 1:7-8

    “He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.”                John the Baptist is still being talked about here in this passage. We see the mission for which God has sent him—to bear… Read more