Deuteronomy 14:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

The children

Ye shall not

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Bible References

The children

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

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

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

For it was fitting that He for whom, and through whom, all things exist, after He had brought many sons to glory, should perfect by suffering the Prince Leader who had saved them.

See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him.

The fact that we love God Himself, and obey His commands, is a proof that we love God's children.

Ye shall not

Now, concerning those who from time to time pass away, we would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, lest you should mourn as others do who have no hope.