Ephesians 5:1 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].

Common English Bible

¹ Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;

Ephesians 5:1 Cross References

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.

Hosea 1:10

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, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Leviticus 11:45

For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

Matthew 5:48

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Ephesians 4:32

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Philippians 2:15

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.