Mal 1:6, Mat 6:8-9, 32, Rom 8:14-17, 2Cor 6:18, 1Jo 3:1 | ESV | STEP | A son honors his father , and a servant his master . If then I am a father , where is my honor ? And if I am a master , where is my fear ? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests , who despise my name . But you say , How have we despised your name ?

6 ^a“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am ^ba father, where is my honor? And if I am ^ca master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. ^dBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Matthew 6:8-9

8 Do not be like them, ^efor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 ^fPray then like this:

^g“Our Father in heaven,
^hhallowed be ⁱyour name. ^{▼▼Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence}

Matthew 6:32

32 For ^kthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and ^lyour heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Romans 8:14-17

14 For all who are ^mled by the Spirit of God are ⁿsons ^{▼▼See discussion on “sons” in the Preface} of God. 15 For ^pyou did not receive ^qthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^radoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^s“Abba! Father!” 16 ^tThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then ^uheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^vprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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

1 John 3:1

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