Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye -- ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

New American Standard Bible

And I will be a father to you,
And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
Says the Lord Almighty.

King James Version

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Holman Bible

I will be a Father to you,
and you will be sons and daughters to Me,
says the Lord Almighty.

International Standard Version

I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters," declares the Lord Almighty.

A Conservative Version

and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.

American Standard Version

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Amplified


And I will be a Father to you,
And you will be My sons and daughters,”
Says the Lord Almighty. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 6:2 : Is 49:8 2 Corinthians 6:11 : Is 60:5; Ezek 33:22 2 Corinthians 6:16 : Ex 25:8; 29:45; Lev 26:12; Jer 31:1; Ezek 37:27 2 Corinthians 6:17 : Is 52:11 2 Corinthians 6:18 : Is 43:6; Hos 1:10 end of crossrefs

An Understandable Version

The Lord Almighty [also] said [Hos. 1:10], "I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me."

Anderson New Testament

and I will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Bible in Basic English

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Common New Testament

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Daniel Mace New Testament

I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

Darby Translation

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Godbey New Testament

and I will be to you for a Father, and you shall be unto me for sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Goodspeed New Testament

I will become a father to you, And you shall become my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."

John Wesley New Testament

And will be to you a Father, and ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

King James 2000

And will be a Father unto you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me," says the all-powerful Lord.

Modern King James verseion

and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be unto me sons and daughters," saith the Lord almighty.

Moffatt New Testament

I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord almighty.

Montgomery New Testament

then I will receive you and will be to you a Father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

NET Bible

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

Sawyer New Testament

and will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

The Emphasized Bible

And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

and I will be as a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

Twentieth Century New Testament

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters," says the Lord, the Ruler of all.'

Webster

And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Weymouth New Testament

and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all."

Williams New Testament

I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters of mine,' The Lord Almighty said."

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

and I will be to you a Father, and ye shall be My sons and daughters." saith the Lord Almighty.

Worsley New Testament

and I will be a father unto you, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

will be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

a Father
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ye
ὑμείς 
Humeis 
ye, ye yourselves, you, not tr
Usage: 120

shall be
ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

my
μοί 
Moi 
me, my, I, mine
Usage: 152

υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

θυγάτηρ 
Thugater 
Usage: 19

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

References

Images 2 Corinthians 6:18

Prayers for 2 Corinthians 6:18

Context Readings

Do Not Become Unevenly Yoked With Unbelievers

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.'

Cross References

Isaiah 43:6

I am saying to the north, 'Give up,' And to the south, 'Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way -- they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim -- My first-born is he.

Revelation 21:7

he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him -- a God, and he shall be to me -- the son,

Genesis 17:1

And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I am God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;

Genesis 48:3

And Jacob saith unto Joseph, 'God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me,

2 Samuel 7:14

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

Psalm 22:30

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

Jeremiah 3:19

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.

Jeremiah 31:1

At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, I am for God to all families of Israel, And they -- they are to Me for a people.

Hosea 1:9-10

and He saith, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye are not My people, and I am not for you;

John 1:12

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

Romans 8:14-17

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

Romans 8:29

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

Galatians 3:26

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

Galatians 4:5-7

that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

Ephesians 1:5

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

1 John 3:1-2

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;

Revelation 1:8

I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming -- the Almighty.'

Revelation 21:22

And a sanctuary I did not see in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its sanctuary, and the Lamb,

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