"Happy are the peacemakers; because they shall be called sons of God.

"Ye heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy;' but I say to you, Love your enemies; and pray for those who persecute you; read more. that ye may be sons of your Father Who is in Heaven; because He causeth His sun to rise on evil men and on good, and sendeth rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

that ye may be sons of your Father Who is in Heaven; because He causeth His sun to rise on evil men and on good, and sendeth rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For, if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? do not even the tax-collectors the same? read more. And, if ye salute your brethren only, what more than others do ye? Do not even the gentiles the same? Ye, therefore, shall be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect."

"Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, otherwise at least ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven.

but, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Behold the fowls of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye much more valuable than they?

At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes.

At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes.

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear.

And, going forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any; that your Father also Who is in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

"But love your enemies; and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind to the unthankful and evil. "Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

"All things were delivered up to Me by My Father; and no one knows Who the Son is, but the Father; and Who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son purposeth to reveal Him."

And He said to them, "When ye pray, say, 'Father, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come.

If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

And, crying with a loud voice, Jesus said, "Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit." And, having said this, He expired.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those believing in His name; who were born, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. read more. And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld His glory??lory as of the Only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He declared Him.

Jesus answered, and said to him, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless one be born anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." Nicodemus says to Him, "How can a man he born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and he born?" read more. Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless one be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh: and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.

That which has been born of the flesh is flesh: and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, ye must be born anew. read more. The Spirit breatheth where He willeth; and you hear His voice, but know not whence He cometh, or whither He goeth: so is every one who has been born of the Spirit."

No one can come to Me, unless the Father Who sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

And He said, "For this cause I have said to you, that no one can come to Me, unless it has been given to him of the Father."

They answered and said to Him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus saith to them, "If ye are children of Abraham, ye are doing the works of Abraham. But now ye are seeking to kill Me, a Man Who hath told you the truth, which I heard from My Father: this Abraham did not. read more. Ye do the works of your father." They say to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father??od." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, ye would love Me; for I came forth, and have come from, God; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your law, 'I said, ye are gods?'

and not for that nation only, but that He might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.

Jesus saith to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.

In that day ye will know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.

Jesus saith to her, "Touch Me not; for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren, and say to them, "I ascend to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God."

but these have been written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye may have life in His name.

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His offspring.'

Who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead??ven Jesus Christ our Lord,

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba, Father." read more. The Spirit Himself testifieth with our spirit, that we are children of God; and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him. For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us. For the earnest longing of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of choice, but by reason of Him Who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now; and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For by hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for that which he sees? read more. But, if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

who, indeed, are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

As He saith in Hosea, "I will call that My people, which was not My people; and her, 'Beloved,' who was not beloved. And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the Same One is Lord of all, being rich toward all who call upon Him; for, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to rivalry by that which is no nation; by a nation void of understanding will I provoke you to anger."

But, before the faith came, we were kept guarded under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.

for ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

But I say that, so long as the heir is a child, he differs in nothing from a slave, though he is lord of all; but is under guardians and stewards, until the time appointed by the father. read more. So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world. But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law, that He might redeem those under law, that, we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba," Father. So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.

So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.

But ye, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of promise.

having predestinated us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved; read more. in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He made to superabound toward us in all wisdom and understanding; making known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Him, for a dispensation of the fulness of the seasons, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth; in Him, in Whom we also were made a heritage, having been predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will; that we might be to the praise of His glory, we who had before hoped in Christ; in Whom ye also??fter having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation, in Whom having also believed??ere sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

which is an earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. On this account I also, having heard of the faith, on your part, in the Lord Jesus, and the love which ye show towards all the saints, read more. cease not to give thanks on your behalf, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, would give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the full knowledge of Him; the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

For to whom of the angels said He at any time, "You are My Son; I this day have begotten you?" And again, "I will be to him a Father; and He shall be to me a Son?"

But we behold Him Who was made a little lower than angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for every one. For it was becoming Him, on Whose account are all things, and through Whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to perfect, through suffering, the Captain of their salvation. read more. For both He Who sanctifieth and those who are sanctified are all of One; for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, "I will declare Thy name to my brethren; in the midst of an assembly will I sing praise to Thee." And again, "I will put my trust in Him." And again, "Behold, I and the children whom God gave me." Since, therefore, the children have partaken of blood and flesh, He Himself also in like manner took part of the same; that, through death, He might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil; and might release all those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For surely He doth not succor angels, but He succoreth Abraham's seed. Wherefore, it behooved Him in all things to be made like His brethren, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people; for in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.

Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin; and ye have forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, reasons with you as with sons: "My son, do not lightly regard the chastening of the Lord; neither faint, when reproved by Him; read more. for whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He acknowledgeth." For chastening endure ye: God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chastens not? But, if ye are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore, we used to have the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live? For they, indeed, for a few days were chastening us, according to what seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may partake of His holiness. All chastening, indeed, for the present seems not to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained thereby. Wherefore, lift up the relaxed hands and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with Whom there is no variableness or shadow cast by turning. Having willed it, He brought us forth with a word of truth, that we might be a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

A religion, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Therewith we bless the Lord and Father; and therewith we curse men, who have been made after the likeness of God.

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

And, if ye call on Him as Father, Who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, that lives and abides.

Having, therefore, put away all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envies, and all evil speakings, as new-born babes, long ye for the spiritual, unadulterated milk, that thereby ye may grow unto salvation, read more. if ye tasted that the Lord is gracious; to Whom coming, a Living Stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but with God Elect, Precious, ye yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Chief Corner-Stone, Elect, Precious; and he who believes on Him shall in nowise be put to shame." To you, therefore, who believe is the preciousness; but to those who disbelieve, a stone which the builders rejected, this was made into a head of a corner," and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed. But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people, but are now God's people; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

who once were not a people, but are now God's people; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

because all that is in the world??he desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the vain-glory of life??s not of the Father, but is of the world.

Every one who denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness has been begotten of Him.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and never yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that, if He shall be manifested, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

Whosoever has been begotten of God sins not; because His seed abides in him, and he cannot sin because he has been begotten of God.

Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten of God; and every one who loves Him Who begat loves him also that has been begotten of Him.

because all that has been begotten of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

He that overcomes shall inherit these things; and I will be to him a God, and He will be to Me a son. But, for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death."