John 1:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24

You established Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, Lord, became their God.

Isaiah 56:5

to them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, and a name better than that of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How can I put you among My sons and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful inheritance of the nations? And I said: You shall call Me, My Father, and shall not turn away from Me.

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.”

Matthew 10:40

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

Matthew 12:21

and in His name will the Gentiles trust.”

Matthew 18:5

And whoever receives one such little child in My name receives Me.

John 1:11

He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

John 1:7

This man came as a witness in order to testify concerning the Light, that all men through Him might believe.

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but that He might also gather together in unity the children of God who were scattered abroad.

John 2:23

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.

John 20:31

But these are written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

John 3:18

He who believes in Him is not condemned. But he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Acts 3:16

And His name, by faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. And faith which comes through Him has given him perfect health in your presence.

Romans 8:14

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God,

Romans 8:19

The eager expectation of the creation waits for the appearance of the sons of God.

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

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

Colossians 2:6

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

2 Peter 1:4

by which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these things you might become partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 John 3:1

Consider how much love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.