11. He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him.
12. Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.
13. They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.
14. The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.