2 Corinthians 6:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.' 7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • 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 shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk 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 firstborn.
  • Hos 1:9-9 : 9 Then God said, Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not My people, and I will not be your God. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And 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. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
  • Ps 22:30 : 30 A posterity shall serve Him; it will be recounted to the Lord for a generation.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him. 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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    15For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

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