2 Corinthians 6:18

New International Version

¹⁸And,

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

2 Corinthians 6:18

King James Version

¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁸He chose to give us birth^(A) through the word of truth,^(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits^(C) of all he created.

¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

New International Version (NIV)