1 John 3:1

¹²But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

²⁶For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁸I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

⁵that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children. ⁶And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba,^[+] Father!”

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born^[+] Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

²⁵Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

⁷How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings. ⁸They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. ⁹For with you is the spring of life. In your light we will see light.

⁹By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born^[+] Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice^[+] for our sins.

¹⁸If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

⁷He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.