You did establish to yourself your people Yisra'el to be a people to you forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
John 1:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa. 56:5.] American Standard Version (1901) But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: Common English Bible But those who did welcome him, those who believed in his name, he authorized to become God’s children, Catholic Public Domain Version Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. |
You did establish to yourself your people Yisra'el to be a people to you forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
Yet the number of the children of Yisra'el will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
Now when he was in Yerushalayim at the Pesach, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
but these are written, that you may believe that Yeshua is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
By faith in his name has his name made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, *Abba, Father!*
by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
This is his mitzvah, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Yeshua the Messiah, and love one another, even as he commanded.