The Command to Love

Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him.

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  1. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you

See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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12 But (A)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [a]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

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  1. John 1:12 authority

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C)

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Sons and Heirs

26 For you (A)are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith,

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(A)to redeem those who were under the law, (B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth (C)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, [a]“Abba, Father!”

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  1. Galatians 4:6 Lit., in Aram., Father

to redeem(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(B) to sonship.[a](C) Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(D) into our hearts,(E) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[b] Father.”(F)

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  1. Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
  2. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father

18 “I (A)will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My (B)sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”

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18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,(A)
says the Lord Almighty.”[a](B)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

25 O righteous Father! (A)The world has not known You, but (B)I have known You; and (C)these have known that You sent Me.

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25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,(A) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.(B)

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16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E)

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How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men (A)put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
(B)They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from (C)the river of Your pleasures.
(D)For with You is the fountain of life;
(E)In Your light we see light.

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)
They feast on the abundance of your house;(C)
    you give them drink from your river(D) of delights.(E)
For with you is the fountain of life;(F)
    in your light(G) we see light.

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He who overcomes [a]shall inherit all things, and (A)I will be his God and he shall be My son.

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  1. Revelation 21:7 M I shall give him these things

Those who are victorious(A) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.(B)

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(A)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (B)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (C)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (D)to be the propitiation for our sins.

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This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(A) into the world that we might live through him.(B) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(D)

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18 (A)may be able to comprehend with all the saints (B)what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled (C)with all the fullness of God.

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18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people,(A) to grasp how wide and long and high and deep(B) is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(C)—that you may be filled(D) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(E)

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29 And (A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s (B)seed, and (C)heirs according to the promise.

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29 If you belong to Christ,(A) then you are Abraham’s seed,(B) and heirs(C) according to the promise.(D)

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25 As He says also in Hosea:

(A)“I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
26 “And(B) it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
‘You are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

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25 As he says in Hosea:

“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
    and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”[a](A)

26 and,

“In the very place where it was said to them,
    ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
  2. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10