Jeremiah 3:4

4Have you not just now acalled to me,
‘My father, you are the friend of my youth

Jeremiah 31:9

9 bWith weeping they shall come,
cand with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them dwalk by brooks of water,
ein a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for fI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is gmy firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:20

20 hIs Ephraim my dear son?
iIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
jTherefore my heart
Hebrew bowels
yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

John 1:11-13

11He came to lhis own,
Greek  to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people
and nhis own people
People is implied in Greek
pdid not receive him.
12But to all who did receive him, qwho believed in his name, rhe gave the right sto become tchildren of God, 13who uwere born, vnot of blood wnor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

17Therefore xgo out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
18 yand I will be a father to you,
and you shall be sons and daughters to me,
says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

26for in Christ Jesus zyou are all sons of God, through faith.

Galatians 4:5-7

5 aato redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive abadoption as sons. 6And because you are sons, God has sent acthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then adan heir through God.

Ephesians 1:5

5 aehe predestined us
Or  before him in love, having predestined us
for agadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ahaccording to the purpose of his will,
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