But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, {even} to them that believe on his name: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

How excellent {is} thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. {excellent: Heb. precious}

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. {all things: or, these things}

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

May be able to comprehend with all saints what {is} the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

And if ye {be} Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And {is} this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? {manner: Heb. law}

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. {from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}

{Oh} how great {is} thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; {which} thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

[Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to give instruction} {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said unto them, Ye {are} not my people, {there} it shall be said unto them, {Ye are} the sons of the living God. {in...: or, instead of that}

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, {even} to them that believe on his name: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}

{Oh} how great {is} thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; {which} thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said unto them, Ye {are} not my people, {there} it shall be said unto them, {Ye are} the sons of the living God. {in...: or, instead of that}

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

How excellent {is} thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. {excellent: Heb. precious}

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. {all things: or, these things}

And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; {harmless: or, sincere} {ye shine: or, shine ye}

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. {our love: Gr. love with us}

For since the beginning of the world {men} have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, {what} he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. {seen...: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc}

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. {Moses: that is, Drawn out}

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

And it shall come to pass, {that} in the place where it was said unto them, Ye {are} not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

For it became him, for whom {are} all things, and by whom {are} all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these {are} not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? {is} not he thy father {that} hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Ye {are} the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. {from me: Heb. from after me} {a goodly...: Heb. an heritage of glory, or, beauty} {pleasant...: Heb. land of desire}

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: {rejoice: or, glory}

One God and Father of all, who {is} above all, and through all, and in you all.

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called {to be} saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye {were} the fewest of all people:

But all that heard {him} were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. {direct: or, guide}

And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. {jewels: or, special treasure}

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you {a} light {thing} to be a king's son in law, seeing that I {am} a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

Hear us, my lord: thou {art} a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. {a mighty...: Heb. a prince of God}

And he brought up Hadassah, that {is}, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid {was} fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. {brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,