John 1:12

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Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

For you have secured your people Israel for yourself, as an everlasting people. And you, O Lord God, have become their God.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give them a place in my house, within my walls, and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, which will never perish.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, 'You are not my people,' this will happen: it will be said to them, 'You are the sons of the living God.'

Matthew 10:40

Whoever receives you, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.

Matthew 12:21

And the Gentiles shall hope in his name."

Matthew 18:5

And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me.

John 1:11

He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.

John 1:7

He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.

John 11:52

And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

John 2:23

Now while he was at Jerusalem during the Passover, on the day of the feast, many trusted in his name, seeing his signs that he was accomplishing.

John 20:31

But these things have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, in believing, you may have life in his name.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

Acts 3:16

And by faith in his name, this man, whom you have seen and known, has confirmed his name. And faith through him has given this man complete health in the sight of you all.

Romans 8:14

For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

Romans 8:16

For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.

Romans 8:19

For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: "Abba, Father."

Colossians 2:6

Therefore, just as you have received the Lord Jesus Christ, walk in him.

2 Peter 1:4

Through Christ, he has given us the greatest and most precious promises, so that by these things you may become sharers in the Divine Nature, fleeing from the corruption of that desire which is in the world.

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he has commanded us.