John 1:10-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰He was in the world,
and the world was created^(A) through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.
¹¹He came to His own,^[a]
and His own people^[b] did not receive Him.
¹²But to all who did receive^(B) Him,^(C)
He gave them the right^(D) to be^[c] children^(E) of God,^(F)
to those who believe^(G) in His name,^(H)
¹³who were born,^(I)
not of blood,^[d]
or of the will^(J) of the flesh,^(K)
or of the will of man,^[e]
but of God.^(L)

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Footnotes

John 1:11 The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
John 1:11 The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
John 1:12 Or become
John 1:13 Lit bloods; the pl form of blood occurs only here in the NT. It may refer either to lineal descent (that is, blood from one’s father and mother) or to the OT sacrificial system (that is, the various blood sacrifices). Neither is the basis for birth into the family of God.
John 1:13 Or not of human lineage, or of human capacity, or of human volition