2 Corinthians 6:18

and will be to you a Father, and ye shall be sons and daughters to me, saith the Lord Almighty.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

17Wherefore, come ye out from among them, and be ye separate from them, saith the Lord; and come not near the unclean thing, and I will receive you;

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Cross References

Romans 8:14For they who 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 →

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