Joh 1:12-13, 15:23, 1Jo 2:22-23 | ISV | STEP | However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

John 1:12-13

12 However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,Isa 56:5; Rom 8:15; Gal 3:26; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 3:1 13 who were born, not merely in a physical sense, ^{▼▼Lit. not of bloods} or from a fleshly impulse, or from man's desire, but of God.John 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:23

John 15:23

23 The person who hates me also hates my Father.1John 2:23

1 John 2:22-23

22 Who is a liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} The person who denies the Father and the Son is the antichrist.1John 4:3; 2John 1:7 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.John 14:7, 9-10; 15:23; 1John 4:15; 2John 1:9