THE RIGHT TO BE BORN OF GOD

1 In the beginning
was the Word,
and the Word
was with God,
and the Word
was God.
He was
in the beginning with God.
All things were made
through Him,
and without Him nothing was made
that was made.
In Him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
And the light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not comprehend it.

That was the true Light
which gives light to every man
coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world was made through Him,
and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own,
and His own did not receive Him.
But
as many as received Him,
to them
He gave the right
to become children of God,
to those who believe in His name:
who were born,
not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man,
but of God.