John 1:12

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However, he gave the right to become God’s children to everyone who believed in him.

Cross References

Galatians 3:26

You are all God’s children by believing in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:14

Certainly, all who are guided by God’s Spirit are God’s children.

1 John 3:1

Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are. For this reason the world doesn’t recognize us, and it didn’t recognize him either.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are God’s children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, “Abba!  Father!”

John 3:18

Those who believe in him won’t be condemned. But those who don’t believe are already condemned because they don’t believe in God’s only Son.

Colossians 2:6

You received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to live as Christ’s people.

Matthew 10:40

“The person who welcomes you welcomes me, and the person who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Isaiah 56:5

Inside my house and within my walls, I will give them something better than sons and daughters. I will give them a monument and a name. I will give them a permanent name that will not be forgotten.

John 20:31

But these miracles have been written so that you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that you will have life by believing in him.

Hosea 1:10

“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and integrity he has given us his promises that are of the highest value. Through these promises you will share in the divine nature because you have escaped the corruption that sinful desires cause in the world.

Matthew 12:21

The nations will have hope because of him.”

1 John 3:23

This is his commandment: to believe in his Son, the one named Jesus Christ, and to love each other as he commanded us.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought that you would call me Father and wouldn’t turn away from me.

Acts 3:16

We believe in the one named Jesus. Through his power alone this man, whom you know, was healed, as all of you saw.

John 11:52

He prophesied that Jesus wouldn’t die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God’s scattered children together and make them one.

John 1:7

John came to declare the truth about the light so that everyone would become believers through his message.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.

John 2:23

While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles that he performed.

John 1:11

He went to his own people, and his own people didn’t accept him.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:19

All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

1 John 3:10

This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.

2 Samuel 7:24

You created the people of Israel to be your people forever. And you, Lord, became their God.