¹² But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,^(A)

¹³ who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.^(A)

⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.^(A)

²² Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?^[a] This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.^(A)