But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13

Note that the Greek word translated above as "right" is almost always translated "authority" and sometimes "power" or "right." It's the same word used in Rev. 20:6, referring to how the second death has no "power" over those who take part in the first resurrection.

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