There was a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not
the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in
the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize
him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to
all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 1:6-13