Ephesians 5:1

WEB

¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

KJV

¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

BSB

¹Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

FBV

¹So then, imitate God since you're his much-loved children.

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Extra References

1 John 4:11

¹¹Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

1 Peter 1:15-16

¹⁵but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior, ¹⁶because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Ephesians 4:32

³²And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Matthew 5:48

⁴⁸Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

³⁵But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. ³⁶“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

Colossians 3:12

¹²Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Leviticus 11:45

⁴⁵For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

1 John 3:1-2

¹See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. ²Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.

John 1:12

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

Matthew 5:45

⁴⁵that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.