1 John 3:1
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John 1:12
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12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A)
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Galatians 3:26
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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A)
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Galatians 4:5-6
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5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.(A) 6 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba![b] Father!”(B)
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 and I will be your father,
and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(A)
John 17:25
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25 “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.(A)
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John 3:16
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16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(A)
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Psalm 36:7-9
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7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(A)
8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(B)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.(C)
1 John 4:9-10
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9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.(A) 10 In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B)
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Revelation 21:7
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7 Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.
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Ephesians 3:18-19
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18 I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth(A) 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.(B)
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Romans 9:25-26
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25 As he also says in Hosea,
“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ”(A)
26 “And in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they shall be called children of the living God.”(B)
Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(A) 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved—
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- 2.5 Other ancient authorities read in Christ
Galatians 3:29
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29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring,[a] heirs according to the promise.(A)
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- 3.29 Gk seed
Romans 8:14-17
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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(A) 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba![a] Father!”(B) 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God,(C) 17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.(D)
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John 15:18-19
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The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(A) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Romans 8:32
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32 He who did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for all of us, how will he not with him also give us everything else?
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Romans 5:8
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8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.(A)
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Colossians 3:3
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3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.(A)
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.(A)
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2 Samuel 7:19
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19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God; you have spoken also of your servant’s house into the distant future. May this be instruction for the people,[a] O Lord God!
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- 7.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 31:19
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19 O how abundant is your goodness
that you have laid up for those who fear you
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of everyone!(A)
Jeremiah 3:19
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19 I thought
how I would set you among my children
and give you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful heritage of all the nations.
And I thought you would call to me, “My Father,”
and would not turn from following me.(A)
Romans 8:21
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21 that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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Psalm 89:1-2
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Psalm 89
God’s Covenant with David
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord,[a] forever;
with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.(A)
2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.(B)
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- 89.1 Gk: Heb the steadfast love of the Lord
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