2 Corinthians 6:18

World English Bible (2000)

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. 15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are 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 with him.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!" 7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Isa 43:6 : 6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up!' and tell the south, 'Don't hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth--
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by 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 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'
  • Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, 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. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
  • Ps 22:30 : 30 Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
  • 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 brothers.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Cor 6:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16 What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

    17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

  • Jer 3:19
    75%

    19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'

  • Jer 30:22
    72%

    22 You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Gal 4:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"

    7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    71%

    14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • 1 Pet 1:16
    70%

    16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."

  • 1 Chr 17:13
    70%

    13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

  • Ezek 36:28
    70%

    28 You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Heb 1:5
    70%

    5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"

  • Gal 3:26
    70%

    26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

    2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

  • Rom 8:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

    15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

    16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

  • Rev 21:7
    69%

    7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

  • Exod 19:6
    68%

    6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

  • Ezek 16:62
    68%

    62 I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh;

  • Jer 3:4
    68%

    4 Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'

  • Heb 8:10
    68%

    10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

  • Mal 3:17
    68%

    17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
    68%

    11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Jer 31:1
    68%

    1 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

  • Mal 1:6
    68%

    6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

  • Exod 6:7
    68%

    7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • Heb 12:6-9
    4 verses
    68%

    6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

    8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

    9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Lev 26:12
    67%

    12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.

  • Lev 20:26
    67%

    26 You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

  • Lev 19:2
    67%

    2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.

  • Ps 82:6
    67%

    6 I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

  • Eph 6:1
    67%

    1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  • John 8:36
    67%

    36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

  • Isa 56:5
    67%

    5 to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

  • Eph 5:1
    67%

    1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • Isa 62:5
    67%

    5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

  • Rev 1:6
    67%

    6 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

  • Ps 2:7
    67%

    7 I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.

  • Ezek 34:31
    67%

    31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Mal 3:6
    67%

    6 "For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

  • Eph 4:6
    67%

    6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

  • 2 Cor 6:13
    67%

    13 Now in return, I speak as to my children, you also be open wide.

  • Lev 19:30
    67%

    30 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

  • 1 Cor 6:17
    67%

    17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

  • 1 Cor 3:23
    67%

    23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.