1. In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was with God in the beginning.
3. All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him.
4. Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people.
5. The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not understood it.
6. A man came who was sent from God. His name was John.
7. He came to give witness about that light. He gave witness so that all people could believe.
8. John himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
9. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10. The Word was in the world that was made through him. But the world did not recognize him.
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.