Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Matthew 5:48

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

1 Peter 1:15-16

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God."

John 1:12

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Luke 6:35-36

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

1 John 3:1-2

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Bible References

As

Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God."
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Colossians 3:12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

General references

Deuteronomy 15:15
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
Deuteronomy 24:22
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.
Luke 6:36
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Galatians 3:26
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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