John 10:14-16
I am the good shepherd, I know my sheep and my sheep know me
John 10:26-28
because you do not belong to my sheep.
John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:23-24
Why, as I passed along and scanned your objects of worship, I actually came upon an altar with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Well, I proclaim to you what you worship in your ignorance.
Acts 20:28-29
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know your body is the temple of the holy Spirit within you ??the Spirit you have received from God? You are not your own,
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.
Galatians 4:8-9
In those days, when you were ignorant of God, you were in servitude to gods who are really no gods at all;
Ephesians 2:10
God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.
1 Peter 2:25
You were astray like sheep, but you have come back now to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 4:19
So let those who are suffering by the will of God trust their souls to him, their faithful Creator, as they continue to do right.
1 Peter 5:2-4
be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.