1 John 3:1
Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
1 Peter 2:6-7
For it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, chosen, precious; and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.
2 Peter 1:4
through which things very great and precious favors that were promised have been given us, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire:
1 John 4:9-10
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.