Joh 1:12, Rom 9:25-26, 1Pe 2:10, 1Jo 3:1 | ESV | STEP | But to all who did receive him , who believed in his name , he gave the right to become children of God ,

fCited from Hos. 1:10

gSee ch. 8:14; Matt. 16:16

h Hos. 1:6, 9, 10; 2:23; Rom. 9:25, 26; 10:19

i ch. 4:10; John 3:16

j John 1:12

k[ch. 4:17]

l John 16:3; 17:25

John 1:12

12 But to all who did receive him, ^awho believed in his name, ^bhe gave the right ^cto become ^dchildren of God,

Romans 9:25-26

25 As indeed he says in Hosea,

^e“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 ^f“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
there they will be called ^g‘sons of the living God.’”

1 Peter 2:10

10 ^hOnce you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 John 3:1

1 See ⁱwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^jchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^kthe world does not know us is that ^lit did not know him.