Ephesians 5:1

New English Translation

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:20

Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Hosea 1:10

(2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”

Leviticus 11:45

for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 5:48

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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

Ephesians 4:32

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

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

1 John 4:11

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.