Ephesians 5:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Common English Bible

¹ Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.

Ephesians 5:1 Križne Reference

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:48

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;

Ephesians 4:32

and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.