How are believers born according to John 1:13?
According to John 1:13, believers are born of God. Their new birth is not by bloodline, nor by the will of the flesh, nor by the will of man. They are born into the family of God as His born ones, the Greek teknon, by God's own doing.
Les teaches that John 1:13 speaks of those who had become believers, describing them as born into the family of God—the “born ones,” with the Greek word teknon. He emphasizes that this birth is not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Les notes this flies in the face of human thinking, so we must go by what the book says, not what the human mind thinks. He also explains that Jesus was still dealing with the nation of Israel in His earthly ministry, and the Jews, especially the Pharisees, were proud of their lineage and genealogy as children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yet the new birth is not by physical descent; it is of God.
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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What does it mean to be born into the family of God in John 1:13?
In John 1:13, being 'born' means being born into the family of God; the Greek word is teknon, meaning 'the born ones.'
What does the Greek word teknon mean in John 1:13?
In John 1:13, believers are described as those born into the family of God, called the 'born ones,' from the Greek word teknon.