John 1:12-14 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:… This verse is most emphatically in the style of John. Never can he lose sight of the perfect spirituality of Jesus Christ's work. John shows the very religiousness of religion. Christianity is to him more than a history, more than an argument, more than a theology — it is a spiritual revelation to the spiritual nature of man. On the part of man it is to be not an attitude, but a life — the very mystery of his spirit, too subtle for analysis, too strong for repression, too divine to be tolerant of corruption. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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: |
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