| | '''13''' Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God<ref>[[Deuteronomy, Chapter 30|Deu 30:6]], [[James, Chapter 1|Jam 1:18]]</ref>. | | '''13''' Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God<ref>[[Deuteronomy, Chapter 30|Deu 30:6]], [[James, Chapter 1|Jam 1:18]]</ref>. |
| − | '''14''' And the Word was made flesh<ref>[[Romans, Chapter 1|Rom 1:3]]</ref>, and dwelt among us<ref>[[Hebrews, Chapter 2|Heb 2:11]]</ref>, (and we beheld his glory<ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 17|Mat 17:2]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 40|Isa 40:5]], [[1st Timothy, Chapter 3|1 Tim 3:16]]</ref>, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. | + | '''14''' And the Word was made flesh<ref>[[Romans, Chapter 1|Rom 1:3]]</ref>, and dwelt among us<ref>[[Hebrews, Chapter 2|Heb 2:11]]. Also, [[Augustine]] quotes this verse and said in his ''[[City of God]]'': {{cquote|But the proud scorn to take God for their Master, because "the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." So that, with these miserable creatures, it is not enough that they are sick, but they boast of their sickness, and are ashamed of the medicine which could heal them. And, doing so, they secure not elevation, but a more disastrous fall.}}</ref>, (and we beheld his glory<ref>[[Matthew, Chapter 17|Mat 17:2]], [[Isaiah, Chapter 40|Isa 40:5]], [[1st Timothy, Chapter 3|1 Tim 3:16]]</ref>, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. |
| | '''15''' John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me<ref>[[Colossians, Chapter 1|Col 1:17]]</ref>. | | '''15''' John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me<ref>[[Colossians, Chapter 1|Col 1:17]]</ref>. |