12 But (A)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [a]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

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  1. John 1:12 authority

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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Sons and Heirs

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

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

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14 For (A)as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

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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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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.

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

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

(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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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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  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 sons, God has sent forth (A)the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, [a]“Abba, Father!”

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  1. Galatians 4:6 Lit., in Aram., 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 (A)“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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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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A Cup of Cold Water(A)

40 (B)“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

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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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(A)As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so 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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Even to them I will give in (A)My house
And within My walls a place (B)and a name
Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [a]them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.

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  1. Isaiah 56:5 Lit. him

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 (A)He who has the Son has [a]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [b]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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  1. 1 John 5:12 Or the life
  2. 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

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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31 (A)but these are written that (B)you may believe that Jesus (C)is the Christ, the Son of God, (D)and that believing you may have life in His name.

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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

The Restoration of Israel

10 “Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(B)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [a]not My (C)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
You are (D)sons of the living God.’

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  1. Hosea 1:10 Heb. lo-ammi, v. 9

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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