1 John 3:1
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3 See (A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called (B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why (C)the world does not know us is that (D)it did not know him.
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John 1:12
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12 But to all who did receive him, (A)who believed in his name, (B)he gave the right (C)to become (D)children of God,
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Galatians 3:26
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26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith.
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Galatians 4:5-6
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5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive (B)adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent (C)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 (A)and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
John 17:25
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25 (A)O righteous Father, even though (B)the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
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1 John 4:9-10
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9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (A)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (B)not that we have loved God (C)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (D)the propitiation for our sins.
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Psalm 36:7-9
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7 (A)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge (B)in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on (C)the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from (D)the river of (E)your delights.
9 For with you is (F)the fountain of life;
(G)in your light do we see light.
Revelation 21:7
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7 (A)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and (B)I will be his God and (C)he will be my son.
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Romans 8:14-17
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14 For all who are (A)led by the Spirit of God are (B)sons[a] of God. 15 For (C)you did not receive (D)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (E)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (F)“Abba! Father!” 16 (G)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (H)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (I)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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- Romans 8:14 See discussion on “sons” in the Preface
John 15:18-19
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The Hatred of the World
18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (C)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Romans 9:25-26
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25 As indeed he says in Hosea,
(A)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 (B)“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called (C)‘sons of the living God.’”
Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 But[a] God, being (A)rich in mercy, (B)because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even (C)when we were dead in our trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ—(E)by grace you have been saved—
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- Ephesians 2:4 Or And
Romans 5:8
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8 but (A)God shows his love for us in that (B)while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Galatians 3:29
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29 And (A)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (B)heirs according to promise.
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do these things (A)because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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Romans 8:32
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32 (A)He who did not spare his own Son but (B)gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
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Colossians 3:3
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3 For (A)you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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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. (A)You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!
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Romans 8:21
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21 that (A)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (A)call me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.
Psalm 31:19
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19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
(A)in the sight of the children of mankind!
Psalm 89:1-2
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I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord
A Maskil[a] of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.
89 (B)I will sing of (C)the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your (D)faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I said, (E)“Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens (F)you will establish your (G)faithfulness.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 89:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
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