And do not call anyone on earth your father, for there is one who is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:11 - The Text-Critical English New Testament If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him! American Standard Version (1901) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Common English Bible If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him? |
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for there is one who is your Father, he who is in heaven.
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
What then? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,
He who did not spare his own Son but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.