John 1:1,12 - Compare All Versions

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

In the beginning  was the Word,  and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But to all who did receive  him,  he gave them the right  to be  children  of God,  to those who believe  in his name

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name

The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one.

The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light. He was in the world, the world was there through him, and yet the world didn’t even notice. He came to his own people, but they didn’t want him. But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves. These are the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh-begotten, not sex-begotten.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name

In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6]

But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name— [Is 56:5]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children