2 Corinthians 6:18 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁸ I will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord almighty.

¹² On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,

¹⁴ For the sons of God are those who are guided by the Spirit of God. ¹⁵ You have received no slavish spirit that would make you relapse into fear; you have received the Spirit of sonship. And when we cry, "Abba! Father!", ¹⁶ it is this Spirit testifying along with our own spirit that we are children of God; ¹⁷ and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ — for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

²⁹ For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son — that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

²⁶ you are all sons of God by your faith in Christ Jesus

⁵ to ransom those who were under the Law, that we might get our sonship. ⁶ It is because you are sons that God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying 'Abba! Father!' ⁷ So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.

⁵ destining us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ. Such was the purpose of his will,

¹ 'Born of him!' Think what a love the Father has for us, in letting us be called 'children of God!' That is what we are. The world does not recognize us? That is simply because it did not recognize him. ² We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is.

⁸ "I am the alpha and the omega," saith the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the almighty.

⁷ The conqueror shall obtain this, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son;

²² But I saw no temple in the City, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.