Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Ephesians 5:1 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 更多版本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; English Standard Version 2016 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith 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, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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:
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;