2 Corinthians 6:18

New English Translation

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Genesis 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

2 Samuel 7:14

I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

1 Chronicles 17:13

I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.

Psalm 22:30

A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Jeremiah 3:19

“I thought to myself, ‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me, ‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.

Jeremiah 31:1

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!”

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”

John 1:12

But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children

Romans 8:19

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:29

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

Galatians 3:26

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

Ephesians 1:5

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will –

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful!

Revelation 21:22

Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful – and the Lamb are its temple.

Revelation 21:7

The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.