Matthew 6:8-9
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
John 1:11-13
He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.
Romans 8:15-17
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.
Galatians 3:26
For you are all sons of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:5-7
to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Ephesians 1:5
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 John 3:1-3
See what love the Father has given 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.