2 Corinthians 6:18
I will be a Father to you, 1 and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty.
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And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Cross References
Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
2 Samuel 7:14I will be a father to him, and he will be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the whipping of the sons of men.
Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, 'Hand them over;' and to the south, 'Do not hold any back;' 1 Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth, 1
Jeremiah 31:1“At that time—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be my people.”
Hosea 1:9Then Yahweh said, 1 “Call his name Lo-Ammi, 1 for you are not my people, 1 and I am not your God. 1
Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these 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 →