2 Corinthians 6:18

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And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.' 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.
  • Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up,' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  • Hos 1:9-9 : 9 Then the LORD said, "Call him Lo-Ammi (Not My People), for you are not my people, and I am not your God."
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'
  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.
  • Ps 22:30 : 30 All the rich of the earth will feast and bow down; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him—those who cannot keep themselves alive.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the One who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

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    19I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.

  • Jer 30:22
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    22You will be My people, and I will be your God.

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'

    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

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    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
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    16For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

  • 1 Chr 17:13
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    13I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never withdraw my steadfast love from him as I did from the one who was before you.

  • Ezek 36:28
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    28You will dwell in the land I gave to your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5For to which of the angels did God ever say, 'You are My Son; today I have become Your Father'? Or again, 'I will be His Father, and He will be My Son'?

  • Gal 3:26
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

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

    15You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'

    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

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    7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.

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    6You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.

  • Ezek 16:62
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    62I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

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    4Have you not just now called to me, 'My Father, you are the friend of my youth'?

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    1At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

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  • Lev 19:2
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  • John 8:36
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  • Isa 56:5
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  • Isa 62:5
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  • Eph 4:6
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    13Now in return—I speak as to children—open your heart wide as well.

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