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 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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2 Samuel 7:14
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14 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. When he commits iniquity, I will punish him with a rod such as mortals use, with blows inflicted by human beings.(A)
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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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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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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
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- 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications
Galatians 4:5-7
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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) 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God.[c]
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Romans 8:29
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29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[a](A)
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- 8.29 Gk among many brothers
Ephesians 1:5
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5 He destined us[a] for adoption as his children[b] through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,(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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Isaiah 43:6
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6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
and my daughters from the end of the earth—(A)
Revelation 1:8
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8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.(A)
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Hosea 1:9-10
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9 Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi,[a] for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[b]
The Restoration of Israel
10 [c]Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”(A)
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Jeremiah 31:1
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The Joyful Return of the Exiles
31 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.(A)
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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)
Psalm 22:30
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30 Posterity will serve him;
future generations will be told about the Lord(A)
Genesis 17:1
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The Sign of the Covenant
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[a] walk before me, and be blameless.(A)
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- 17.1 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Revelation 21:22
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22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
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1 John 3:1-2
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3 1
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Genesis 48:3
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3 And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[a] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me(A)
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- 48.3 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
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