Ephesians 5:1
So be imitators of God, as his dear children.
Matthew 5:48
So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
1 Peter 1:15-16
Instead, be holy in every aspect of your life, just as the one who called you is holy.
Leviticus 11:45
I am the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You are to be holy, because I am holy.
Jeremiah 31:20
"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? Indeed, as often as I've spoken about him, I surely still remember him. Therefore I deeply yearn for him. I'll surely have great compassion on him," declares the LORD.
Hosea 1:10
Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, "You are not my people,' it will be said, "You are children of the living God.'
John 1:12
However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,
Luke 6:35-36
Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.
1 John 3:1-2
See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if this is the way God loved us, we must also love one another.
Matthew 5:45
so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.