John 1:12

World English Bible (2000)

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

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  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 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.
  • Rom 8:14 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
  • 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you. 18 I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
  • Col 2:6 : 6 As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
  • Isa 56:5 : 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.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
  • John 3:18 : 18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of 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.'
  • Matt 18:5 : 5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
  • 1 John 5:12-13 : 12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the 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, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
  • John 1:7 : 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
  • Hos 1:10 : 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.'
  • Matt 12:21 : 21 In his name, the nations will hope."
  • John 11:52 : 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
  • John 20:31 : 31 but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
  • John 2:23 : 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.

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    13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

    14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • John 1:9-11
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    9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

    11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold, 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.

    2Beloved, 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.

  • 1 John 5:1
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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

  • John 3:18
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    18He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

  • John 17:2
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    2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Eph 1:5-6
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    5having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

    6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

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    5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

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    3concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

    4who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

    5through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

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    18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

  • 1 John 5:11-13
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    11The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.

    13These 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, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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    37"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."

  • Col 1:12-13
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    12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

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  • John 1:6-7
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    6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

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  • John 1:16
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    16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

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    4having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.

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

  • Matt 18:5
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    5Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

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    15Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

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    48and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

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    5Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

  • Rom 15:7
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    7Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.

  • John 20:31
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    31but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • John 3:35-36
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    35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

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    27John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

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    17Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."

  • 2 Pet 1:3
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    3seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

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    43All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."

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    23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,