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1 John 3:1 (KJV)

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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2 Samuel 7:19 - And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
Psalms 31:19 - [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms 36:7 - How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psalms 89:1 - Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Jeremiah 3:19 - But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Hosea 1:10 - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
John 1:12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
John 3:16 - ‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›
John 15:18 - ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›
John 16:3 - ‹And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.›
John 17:25 - ‹O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.›
Romans 5:8 - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:14 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans 8:21 - Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Romans 8:32 - He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Romans 9:25 - As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
2 Corinthians 6:18 - And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Galatians 3:26 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 - And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 4:5 - To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Ephesians 2:4 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Ephesians 3:18 - May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Colossians 3:3 - For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1 John 4:9 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Revelation 21:7 - ‹He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.›

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