2 Corinthians 6:18
And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 17:1And after he began to be ninety and nine years old, the Lord appeared to him: and said unto him: I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be perfect.
2 Samuel 7:14I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
Jeremiah 31:1At that time, saith the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of and they shall be my people.
Hosea 1:9And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
Romans 8:14For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:12-18
Cautions against Mingling with Unbelievers. ( a. d. 57.) 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he… Read the whole commentary →