2 Corinthians 6:18
and will be to you a father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
Noyes Bible
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
Isaiah 43:6I will say to the North, “Give them up!” And to the South, “Withhold them not! Bring my sons from afar, And my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Jeremiah 31:1At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, And they shall be my people.
Hosea 1:9And God said, Call his name Not-my-people. For ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are 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 →