1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather thy children, in the manner in which a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye were not willing!
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life.
1 Peter 2:6-7
Because it runs thus in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and the one believing on him can not be ashamed.
2 Peter 1:4
through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.
1 John 4:9-10
In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him.