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Children Of God
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See 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.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. — read the full passage →
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God. — read the full passage →
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →
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!”
For 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.
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: — read the full passage →
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
See 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. — read the full passage →
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. — read the full passage →
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; — read the full passage →
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →
All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →
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.
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. — read the full passage →
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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. — read the full passage →
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! — read the full passage →
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. — read the full passage →
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.” — read the full passage →
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant, — read the full passage →
See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →
you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, — read the full passage →
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. — read the full passage →
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For 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. — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!
You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
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.
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
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.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →
that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
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