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Berean Standard Bible

“But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—”

John 1:12

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John has just said that the Word came to his own people and was largely not received. Verse 12 turns on the word but: rejection was not the whole story.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

World English Bible (WEB)

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

King James Version (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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Mas á todos los que le recibieron, dióles potestad de ser hechos hijos de Dios, á los que creen en su nombre:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero a todos los que lo recibieron, a los que creen en él, les dio el derecho de ser hijos de Dios.

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