1 John 3:1
Behold how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
1 Peter 2:6-7
Wherefore, it is contained in the scripture, "Behold I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: whoever trusts in it, shall not be ashamed."
2 Peter 1:4
On account of which, the greatest and most precious promises are freely given to us, that by these we might be made partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world, through lust.
1 John 4:9-10
By this the love of God was manifested to us, that God sent forth his Son, the only begotten, into the world, that we might live through him.