^{12 Ref} 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:

^{13 Ref} Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

^{14 Ref} And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.