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Matthew 5:48
So be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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1John 4:11
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Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and tender to one another. Forgive one another, just as God forgave you because of what Christ has done.
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1 Peter 1 15-1 Peter 1 16
The God who chose you is holy. So you should be holy in all that you do.It is written,“ Be holy, because I am holy.”( Leviticus 11:44, 45; 19:2)
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Luke 6:35-36
But love your enemies. Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then you will receive a lot in return. And you will be children of the Most High God. He is kind to people who are evil and are not thankful.So have mercy, just as your Father has mercy.
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Colossians 3:12
You are God’s chosen people. You are holy and dearly loved. So put on tender mercy and kindness as if they were your clothes. Don’t be proud. Be gentle and patient.
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Leviticus 11:45
I am the Lord. I brought you up out of Egypt to be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.
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1 John 3 1-1 John 3 2
See what amazing love the Father has given us! Because of it, we are called children of God. And that’s what we really are! The world doesn’t know us because it didn’t know him.Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.
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John 1:12
Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.
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Jeremiah 31:20
Aren’t the people of Ephraim my dear children? Aren’t they the children I take delight in? I often speak against them. But I still remember them. So my heart longs for them. I love them with a tender love,” announces the Lord.
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Hosea 1:10
“ But the time will come when the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore. It can’t be measured or counted. Now it is said about them,‘ You are not my people.’ But at that time they will be called‘ children of the living God.’
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Matthew 5:45
Then you will be children of your Father who is in heaven. He causes his sun to shine on evil people and good people. He sends rain on those who do right and those who don’t.