¹³ who were born, not merely in a genetic sense,^[a] nor from lust,^[b] nor from man’s desire, but from the will of^[c] God.

The Word Becomes Human

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and lived^[d] among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father’s uniquely existing Son,^[e] who is full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John told the truth about him when he cried out, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he existed before me.’”