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Matthew 23:9
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Matthew 23:9
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9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father, the one in heaven.(A)
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Matthew 23:9
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Matthew 23:9
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9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(A) and he is in heaven.
1 John 3:1
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1 John 3:1
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1 John 3:1
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1 John 3:1
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3 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)
Hebrews 12:9
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Hebrews 12:9
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9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
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Hebrews 12:9
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Hebrews 12:9
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9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(A) and live!(B)
Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A)
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Malachi 1:6
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Malachi 1:6
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
Job 32:21-22
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Job 32:21-22
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21 I will not show partiality to any person
or use flattery toward anyone.(A)
22 For I do not know how to flatter—
or my Maker would soon put an end to me!(B)
Job 32:21-22
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Job 32:21-22
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Romans 8:14-17
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Romans 8:14-17
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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(A) 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba![a] Father!”(B) 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God,(C) 17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.(D)
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Romans 8:14-17
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Romans 8:14-17
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14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(A) are the children of God.(B) 15 The Spirit(C) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(D) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(E) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(F) that we are God’s children.(G) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(H)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(I) in order that we may also share in his glory.(J)
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- Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
- Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
Matthew 7:11
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Matthew 7:11
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11 If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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Matthew 7:11
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Matthew 7:11
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11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts(A) to those who ask him!
1 Timothy 5:1-2
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1 Timothy 5:1-2
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Duties toward Believers
5 Do not speak harshly to an older man,[a] but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,(A) 2 to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
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- 5.1 Or an elder or a presbyter
1 Timothy 5:1-2
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1 Timothy 5:1-2
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Widows, Elders and Slaves
5 Do not rebuke an older man(A) harshly,(B) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men(C) as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
1 Corinthians 4:15
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1 Corinthians 4:15
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15 For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:15
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15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(A) through the gospel.(B)
Matthew 6:8-9
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Matthew 6:8-9
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8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be revered as holy.
Matthew 6:8-9
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Matthew 6:8-9
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8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need(A) before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father(B) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
2 Corinthians 6:18
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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18 and I will be your father,
and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(A)
2 Corinthians 6:18
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2 Corinthians 6:18
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Acts 22:1
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Acts 22:1
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22 “Brothers[a] and fathers, listen to the defense that I now make before you.”(A)
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- 22.1 Gk Men, brothers
Acts 22:1
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Acts 22:1
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22 1 “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen now to my defense.”
2 Kings 2:12
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2 Kings 2:12
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12 Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.(A)
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2 Kings 2:12
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2 Kings 2:12
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12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots(A) and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore(B) it in two.
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