How are believers born into the family of God according to John 1:13?
According to John 1:13, believers are born into the family of God not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. They are the born ones, called teknon in Greek, and their birth comes from God Himself rather than human lineage or natural descent.
Les explains that John 1:13 is speaking of those who had become believers and were born into the family of God—the born ones, with the Greek word teknon. Their birth is not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. He stresses that this flies in the face of human thinking, so we must go by what the book says, not what the human mind thinks. Les also notes that during Jesus’ earthly ministry He was still dealing with the nation of Israel, and the Jews of that day, especially the Pharisees, were proud of their lineage and genealogy, claiming Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob rather than Esau or Ishmael. Yet John 1:13 sets aside such natural descent and attributes the birth to 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.'