⁶A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him. ⁸He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. ⁹The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. ¹¹He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. ¹²But to all who have received him—those who believe in his name—he has given the right to become God’s children— ¹³children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.