1 John 3:1
Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.
Luke 13:34
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those, who are sent unto thee: how often would I have gather'd thy children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not?"
John 3:16
for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
1 Peter 2:6-7
wherefore it is said in the scripture, I lay in Sion the principal stone of the angle, a choice one of great value: he that
2 Peter 1:4
by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world.
1 John 4:9-10
by this was the love of God displayed towards us, in that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thro' him.