1 John 3:1
See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
John 1:12
But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—
John 3:16
John 16:3
Psalm 36:7-9
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
John 17:25
2 Samuel 7:19
Yet this was very insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord God, for You have spoken also of Your servant’s house (royal dynasty) in the distant future. And this is the law and custom of man, O Lord God.
Psalm 31:19
How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
Psalm 89:1-2
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
Jeremiah 3:19
“Then I said,
And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father
And not turn away from following Me.’
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the
Shall be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”
John 15:18-19
Romans 5:8
But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:14-17
For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Romans 8:21
that the creation itself will also be freed from its bondage to decay [and gain entrance] into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 8:32
He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
Romans 9:25-26
Just as He says in [the writings of the prophet] Hosea:
And [I will call] her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”
2 Corinthians 6:18
And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty.
Galatians 3:26
For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29
And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham’s descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God’s] promise.
Galatians 4:5-6
so that He might redeem and liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family].
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, being [so very] rich in mercy, because of His great and wonderful love with which He loved us,
Ephesians 3:18-19
be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love];
Colossians 3:3
For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God.
1 John 4:9-10
By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.
Revelation 21:7
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You,
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
With my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation.
That
And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father
And not turn away from following Me.’
Yet the number of the
Shall be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”
And [I will call] her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”
And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty.