Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
Ephesians 5:1 - King James 2000 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. American Standard Version (1901) Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; Common English Bible Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children; |
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, you are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, you are the sons of the living God.
For I am the LORD that brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
That you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;