1 John 3:1
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The Command to Love
3 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 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
- 1 John 3:1 M you
John 1:12
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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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- John 1:12 authority
Galatians 3:26
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Galatians 4:5-6
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5 (A)to redeem those who were under the law, (B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.
6 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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- Galatians 4:6 Lit., in Aram., Father
2 Corinthians 6:18
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John 17:25
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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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John 3:16
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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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Psalm 36:7-9
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7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men (A)put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 (B)They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from (C)the river of Your pleasures.
9 (D)For with You is the fountain of life;
(E)In Your light we see light.
Revelation 21:7
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7 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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- Revelation 21:7 M I shall give him these things
1 John 4:9-10
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9 (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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Ephesians 3:18-19
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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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Galatians 3:29
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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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Romans 9:25-26
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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.”
Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, 5 (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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Romans 8:14-17
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14 For (A)as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For (B)you did not receive the spirit of bondage again (C)to fear, but you received the (D)Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, (E)“Abba,[a] Father.” 16 (F)The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (G)heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, (H)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
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- Romans 8:15 Lit., in Aram., Father
John 15:18-19
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The World’s Hatred
18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (C)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Romans 5:8
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8 But (A)God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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John 16:3
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3 And (A)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
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- John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
Colossians 3:3
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3 (A)For you died, (B)and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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Romans 8:32
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32 (A)He who did not spare His own Son, but (B)delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
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Psalm 31:19
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19 (A)Oh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
Jeremiah 3:19
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19 “But I said:
‘How can I put you among the children
And give you (A)a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’
“And I said:
‘You shall call Me, (B)“My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’
2 Samuel 7:19
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19 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. (A)Is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
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Romans 8:21
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21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of [a]corruption into the glorious (A)liberty of the children of God.
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- Romans 8:21 decay
Psalm 89:1-2
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Remembering the Covenant with David, and Sorrow for Lost Blessings
A [a]Contemplation of (A)Ethan the Ezrahite.
89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
(B)Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”
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- Psalm 89:1 Heb. Maschil
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