John 1:12. But -
This is a blessed "But." Though Christ’s own nation, the Jews, as a whole "received him not," there was "a remnant according to the election of grace," there were some who received him. "But" -
John 1:12. As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
How came those persons to receive him when others rejected him? There must have been some great change wrought in them to make them different from the rest of their countrymen; and truly there was, for these were twice-born men, -
John 1:12. But -
This is a blessed "But." Though Christ’s own nation, the Jews, as a whole "received him not," there was "a remnant according to the election of grace," there were some who received him. "But" -
John 1:12. As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
How came those persons to receive him when others rejected him? There must have been some great change wrought in them to make them different from the rest of their countrymen; and truly there was, for these were twice-born men, -