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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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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C)

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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A)

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith,

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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(A)

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14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(A) are the children of God.(B)

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See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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17 Therefore come out from them,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
    then I will welcome you,(A)
18 and I will be your father,
    and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(B)

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17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,(C)
says the Lord Almighty.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:18 2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8

And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba![b] Father!”(A)

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  1. 4.6 Other ancient authorities read your
  2. 4.6 Aramaic for Father

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(A) into our hearts,(B) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[a] Father.”(C)

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  1. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father

18 Those who believe in him are not condemned, but those who do not believe are condemned already because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.(A)

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18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(A) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(B)

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Rewards

40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(A)

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40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me,(A) and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(B)

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Fullness of Life in Christ

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to walk in him,

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Spiritual Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,(A) continue to live your lives in him,

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I will give, in my house and within my walls,
    a monument and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
    that shall not be cut off.(A)

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to them I will give within my temple and its walls(A)
    a memorial(B) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(C)
    that will endure forever.(D)

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12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(A)

Epilogue

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.13 Other ancient authorities add and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(A)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(B) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(C)

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The Restoration of Israel

10 [a]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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  1. 1.10 2.1 in Heb

10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(A) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(B)

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31 But these are written so that you may continue[a] to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,[b] the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.(A)

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  1. 20.31 Or may come
  2. 20.31 Or the Christ

31 But these are written that you may believe[a](A) that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,(B) and that by believing you may have life in his name.(C)

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  1. John 20:31 Or may continue to believe