Deuteronomy 32:6
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6 Is this the way you repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?
Isaiah 63:16
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16 Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacob[a] would disown us,
Lord, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
1 John 3:1
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3 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 And yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.
Isaiah 44:2
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2 The Lord who made you and helps you says:
Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,
O dear Israel,[a] my chosen one.
Footnotes
- 44:2 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Psalm 74:2
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2 Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,
the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!
And remember Jerusalem,[a] your home here on earth.
Footnotes
- 74:2 Hebrew Mount Zion.
2 Peter 2:1
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The Danger of False Teachers
2 But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.
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Galatians 4:6
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6 And because we[a] are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”[b]
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Galatians 3:26
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26 For you are all children[a] of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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- 3:26 Greek sons.
1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
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Romans 8:15
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15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[a] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[b]
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Acts 20:28
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28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood[a]—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.[b]
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John 8:41
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41 No, you are imitating your real father.”
They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”
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Isaiah 43:7
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7 Bring all who claim me as their God,
for I have made them for my glory.
It was I who created them.’”
Psalm 149:2
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2 O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.
O people of Jerusalem,[a] exult in your King.
Footnotes
- 149:2 Hebrew Zion.
Psalm 100:3
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3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
He made us, and we are his.[a]
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Footnotes
- 100:3 As in an alternate reading in the Masoretic Text; the other alternate and some ancient versions read and not we ourselves.
Deuteronomy 32:18
New Living Translation
18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
Deuteronomy 32:15
New Living Translation
15 “But Israel[a] soon became fat and unruly;
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
Footnotes
- 32:15 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:31
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31 And you saw how the Lord your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.’
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Titus 2:11-14
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11 For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, 13 while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. 14 He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
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Galatians 3:1-3
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The Law and Faith in Christ
3 Oh, foolish Galatians! Who has cast an evil spell on you? For the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death was made as clear to you as if you had seen a picture of his death on the cross. 2 Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ. 3 How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.[a] Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.[b] 15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
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Luke 15:18-20
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18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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Jeremiah 5:21
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21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people,
with eyes that do not see
and ears that do not hear.
Jeremiah 4:22
New Living Translation
22 “My people are foolish
and do not know me,” says the Lord.
“They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!”
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