Ephesians 5:1

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

1 John 4:11

My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

Ephesians 4:32

And be ye kind one to another; merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.

Matthew 5:48

Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.

Colossians 3:12

Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

John 1:12

But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.

Matthew 5:45

That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven, who maketh his sun to rise upon the good, and bad, and raineth upon the just and the unjust.

Jeremiah 31:20

Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying, I will pity him, saith the Lord.

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Philippians 2:15

That you may be blameless, and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world.