John 1:12

English Standard Version 2016

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Cross References

Galatians 3:26

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Romans 8:14

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

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Colossians 2:6

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

Matthew 10:40

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

Isaiah 56:5

I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

John 20:31

but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”

2 Peter 1:4

by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

Matthew 12:21

and in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

1 John 3:23

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

Jeremiah 3:19

“‘I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

Acts 3:16

And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 1:7

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

Matthew 18:5

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

John 2:23

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.

John 1:11

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:10

By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

2 Samuel 7:24

And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.