2 Corinthians 6:18

New Century Version

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Obey me and do what is right.

Genesis 48:3

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me there.

2 Samuel 7:14

I will be his father, and he will be my son. 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. I took away my love from Saul, who ruled before you, but I will never stop loving your son.

Psalm 22:30

The people in the future will serve him; they will always be told about the Lord.

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 from far away and my daughters from faraway places.

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said, ‘How happy I would be to treat you as my own children and give you a pleasant land, a land more beautiful than that of any other nation.’ I thought you would call me ‘My Father’ and not turn away from me.

Jeremiah 31:1

The Lord says, “At that time I will be God of all Israel’s family groups, and they will be my people.”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel’s father, and Israel is my firstborn son.

John 1:12

But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God.

Romans 8:19

Everything God made is waiting with excitement for God to show his children’s glory completely.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Galatians 3:26

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This means that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:5

Because of his love, God had already decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the One who is and was and is coming. I am the Almighty.”

Revelation 21:22

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the city’s temple.

Revelation 21:7

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.