Ephesians 5:1

Modern English Version

Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For since I spoke against him, I still remember him; therefore My heart longs for him. I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the Israelites will be as 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,” there it will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. Therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.

Matthew 5:45

that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:48

Therefore be complete, even as your Father who is in heaven is complete.

John 1:12

Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world.

Colossians 3:12

So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also love one another.