2 Corinthians 6:18

Easy To Read Version

“I will be your father,\par and you will be my sons and daughters,\par says the Lord All-Powerful.”\par \i (2 Samuel 7:8,14)\i0 \par

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. The Lord said, “I am God All-Powerful. [91] Do these things for me: Obey me and live the right way.

Genesis 48:3

Then Israel said to Joseph, “God All-Powerful appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. God blessed me there.

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he will be my son. [51] When he sins, I will use other people to punish him. They will be my whips.

1 Chronicles 17:13

I will be his Father, and he will be my son. Saul was the king before you. And I took away my support from Saul. But I will never stop loving your son.

Psalm 22:30

And in the future,\par our descendants will serve the Lord.\par People will tell about him forever.\par

Isaiah 43:6

I will tell the north: Give my people to me! I will tell the south: Don’t keep my people in prison! Bring my sons and daughters to me from the faraway places!

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said to myself,\par ‘I want to treat you like my own children.\par I want to give you a pleasant land,\par a land more beautiful\par than any other nation.’\par I thought that you would call me ‘Father.’\par I thought that you would always follow me.\par

Jeremiah 31:1

The Lord said these things, “At that time, I will be the God of all the family groups of Israel. And they will be my people.”

Jeremiah 31:9

Those people will come back crying.\par But I will lead them and comfort them.\par I will lead those people by streams of water.\par I will lead them on an easy road,\par so that they will not stumble.\par I will lead them in that way\par because I am Israel’s father.\par And Ephraim {\cf2\super [250]} is my firstborn son.\par

John 1:12

Some people did accept him. They believed in him. He gave something to those people who believed. He gave them the right to become children of God.

Romans 8:19

Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.

Romans 8:29

God knew those people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn {\cf2\super [69]} of many brothers and sisters.

Ephesians 1:5

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what God wanted to do. That pleased him.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. {\cf2\super [6]} I am the One who is, who \{always\} was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”

Revelation 21:7

Any person that wins the victory will receive all this. And I will be his God, and he will be my son.