John 1:12
Douay-Rheims
But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Or the meaning is, that the most perfect sonship will only be attained at the resurrection, as saith the Apostle, Waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Rom. 8:23) He therefore gave us the power to become the sons of God, i. e. the power of obtaining this grace at some future time.
Source details
1107 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:11-13
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.