Ephesians 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
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In The King James Version
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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Leviticus 11:45For I am Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You must therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the people of Israel 1 will be like the sand of the seashore, 1 which cannot be measured or counted. 1 It will be that where it was said to them, 1 'You are not my people,' 1 it will be said to them, 1 'You are people of the living God.' 1
Matthew 5:48Therefore you must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
John 1:12But to as many as received him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Colossians 3:12Therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
1 John 3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and this is what we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him. + 3:1 Some older versions leave out, and this is what we are .
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:1
We had several important exhortations in the close of the foregoing chapter, and they are continued in this: particularly, I. We have here an exhortation to mutual love and charity, ver. 1, 2 . II. Against all manner of uncleanness, with proper arguments and remedies proposed against such sins: and some further cautions are added, and other duties recommended, ver. 3-20 . III. The apostle directs to the conscientious discharge of relative duties, from ver. 21 , throughout this, and in the beginning of the next… Read the whole commentary →