a[Ex. 4:22; 2 Sam. 7:8, 14; Isa. 43:6; Jer. 31:9; Hos. 1:10; Rev. 21:7]
bJohn 1:13
c[Gal. 4:19; 1 Pet. 1:3, 23]
d[Eph. 1:12]
eJer. 2:3; Rev. 14:4; [Rom. 8:19-23]

2 Corinthians 6:18

18 aand I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

James 1:18

18 bOf his own will he cbrought us forth by the word of truth, dthat we should be a kind of efirstfruits of his creatures.

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