Verse 12

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,

Referenced Verses

  • Gal 3:26 : 26 for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;
  • Rom 8:14 : 14 for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;
  • 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you, 18 and I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'
  • Col 2:6 : 6 as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 `He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,
  • John 3:18 : 18 he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.
  • Matt 18:5 : 5 `And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,
  • 1 John 5:12-13 : 12 he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God -- the life he hath not. 13 These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,
  • John 1:7 : 7 this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye `are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
  • Matt 12:21 : 21 and in his name shall nations hope.'
  • John 11:52 : 52 and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.
  • John 20:31 : 31 and these have been written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.'
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 and on the faith of his name, this one whom ye see and have known, his name made strong, even the faith that `is' through him did give to him this perfect soundness before you all.
  • 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.
  • John 2:23 : 23 And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;