Jer 3:4, 19, Hos 1:10, Joh 1:12, 11:52, Rom 8:14-17, 23, 2Cor 6:18 | ESV | STEP | Have you not just now called to me, My father , you are the friend of my youth

19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would ^bcall me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.

Hosea 1:10

10 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} Yet ^dthe number of the children of Israel shall be ^elike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^fAnd ^gin the place where it was said to them, ^h“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ⁱ“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons} of ^kthe living God.”

John 1:12

12 But to all who did receive him, ^lwho believed in his name, ^mhe gave the right ⁿto become ^ochildren of God,

John 11:52

52 and ^pnot for the nation only, but also ^qto gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

Romans 8:14-17

14 For all who are ^rled by the Spirit of God are ^ssons ^{▼▼See discussion on “sons” in the Preface} of God. 15 For ^uyou did not receive ^vthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^wadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^x“Abba! Father!” 16 ^yThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then ^zheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^aaprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:23

23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^abthe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^acgroan inwardly as ^adwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^aethe redemption of our bodies.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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