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.’

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Will you not from this time cry to Me,
‘My Father, You are (A)the guide of (B)my youth?

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(A)They shall come with weeping,
And with supplications I will lead them.
I will cause them to walk (B)by the rivers of waters,
In a straight way in which they shall not stumble;
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My (C)firstborn.

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16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

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The Command to Love

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. Beloved, (D)now we are children of God; and (E)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (F)we shall be like Him, for (G)we shall see Him as He is. (H)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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  1. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you

39 then I will (A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And (B)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (C)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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39 But we are not of those (A)who draw back to [a]perdition, but of those who (B)believe to the saving of the soul.

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  1. Hebrews 10:39 destruction

(A)having predestined us to (B)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, (C)according to the good pleasure of His will,

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(A)to redeem those who were under the law, (B)that we might receive the adoption as sons.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth (C)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, [a]“Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, (D)and if a son, then an heir [b]of God [c]through Christ.

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  1. Galatians 4:6 Lit., in Aram., Father
  2. Galatians 4:7 NU through God
  3. Galatians 4:7 NU omits through Christ

Sons and Heirs

26 For you (A)are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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17 Therefore

(A)“Come out from among them
And be separate, says the Lord.
Do not touch what is unclean,
And I will receive you.”
18 “I (B)will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My (C)sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty.”

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15 For (A)you did not receive the spirit of bondage again (B)to fear, but you received the (C)Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, (D)“Abba,[a] 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 joint heirs with Christ, (G)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

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  1. Romans 8:15 Lit., in Aram., Father

11 (A)He came to His [a]own, and His [b]own did not receive Him. 12 But (B)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [c]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 (C)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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  1. John 1:11 His own things or domain
  2. John 1:11 His own people
  3. John 1:12 authority

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (A)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this (B)manner, therefore, pray:

(C)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (D)name.

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“How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.

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  1. Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over

45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and (A)the glorious holy mountain; (B)yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.

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41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: (A)Edom, Moab, and the [a]prominent people of Ammon.

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  1. Daniel 11:41 Lit. chief of the sons of Ammon

16 But he who comes against him (A)shall do according to his own will, and (B)no one shall stand against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land with destruction in his [a]power.

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  1. Daniel 11:16 Lit. hand

(A)And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, (B)toward the east, and toward the (C)Glorious Land.

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On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, (A)to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, (B)‘flowing with milk and honey,’ (C)the glory of all lands.

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20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts

10 “Many (A)rulers[a] have destroyed (B)My vineyard,
They have (C)trodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My [b]pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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  1. Jeremiah 12:10 Lit. shepherds or pastors
  2. Jeremiah 12:10 desired portion of land

“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And (A)sworn by those (B)that are not gods.
(C)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

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But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.

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35 The wise shall inherit glory,
But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

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