11. He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.
12. Some people did accept him. They believed in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.
13. To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
14. The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the one and only Son. He came from the Father. And he was full of grace and truth.
15. John gives witness about him. He cries out and says, "This was the one I was talking about. I said, 'He who comes after me is more important than I am. He is more important because he existed before I was born.' "
16. We have all received one blessing after another. God's grace is not limited.
17. Moses gave us the law. Jesus Christ has given us grace and truth.