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.
Jeremiah 3:4
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4 Have you not just now (A)called to me,
‘My father, you are the friend of my youth—
Isaiah 63:16
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16 For (A)you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
(B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
1 John 3:1-3
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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. 2 Beloved, we are (E)God's children (F)now, and what we will be (G)has not yet appeared; but we know that (H)when he appears[a] (I)we shall be like him, because (J)we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who (K)thus hopes in him (L)purifies himself as he is pure.
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- 1 John 3:2 Or when it appears
Jeremiah 31:9
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Jeremiah 32:39-40
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39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (B)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (C)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (D)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
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1 Peter 1:3-4
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Born Again to a Living Hope
3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! (B)According to his great mercy, (C)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to (E)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and (F)unfading, (G)kept in heaven for you,
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Hebrews 10:39
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39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Ephesians 1:5
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5 (A)he predestined us[a] for (B)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, (C)according to the purpose of his will,
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- Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, 5having predestined us
Galatians 4:5-7
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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!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then (D)an heir through 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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2 Corinthians 6:17-18
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17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18 (B)and I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”
Romans 8:15-17
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15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!” 16 (E)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (F)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (G)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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John 1:11-13
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11 He came to (A)his own,[a] and (B)his own people[b] (C)did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, (D)who believed in his name, (E)he gave the right (F)to become (G)children of God, 13 who (H)were born, (I)not of blood (J)nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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Matthew 6:8-9
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8 Do not be like them, (A)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 (B)Pray then like this:
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- Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Hosea 11:8
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8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
Daniel 11:45
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45 And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.
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Daniel 11:41
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41 He shall come into (A)the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: (B)Edom and (C)Moab and the main part of the (D)Ammonites.
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Daniel 11:16
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16 But he who comes against him shall (A)do as he wills, and (B)none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in (C)the glorious land, with destruction in his hand.
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Daniel 8:9
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9 Out of one of them came (A)a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward (B)the south, toward the east, and toward (C)the glorious land.
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Ezekiel 20:6
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6 On that day I swore to them that (A)I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land (B)flowing with milk and honey, (C)the most glorious of all lands.
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Jeremiah 31:20
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20 (A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(C)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Jeremiah 12:10
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10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;
(A)they have trampled down my portion;
they have made my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.
Isaiah 64:8
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8 (A)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
(B)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
(C)we are all the work of your hand.
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