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13 They were born into God's family by God. That is, they were not born into his family in the way a person is born into this world. It was not by any person's will.

14 The Word became man and he lived among us. We saw with our own eyes that he is great. He is great the way God the Father made his only Son great. We saw that he is full of loving kindness and truth.

15 John talked about him. He called out saying, `Here is the man I told you about. I said that the one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he lived before I lived.'

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13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(A)

14 The Word became flesh(B) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(C) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(D) and truth.(E)

15 (John testified(F) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(G)

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