10. The Word was already in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him.
11. He came to the world that was his own. And his own people did not accept him.
12. But some people did accept him. They believed in him, and he gave them the right to become children of God.
13. They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.
14. The Word became a man and lived among us. We saw his divine greatness—the greatness that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth.
15. John told people about him. He said loudly, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he was living before I was even born.’”
16. Yes, the Word was full of grace and truth, and from him we all received one blessing after another.