2 Corinthians 6:18 “And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters…”

2 Corinthians 6:18

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will be a Father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lord almightie.

Darby Translation

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.

Young's Literal Translation

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye — ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

Bible in Basic English

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

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Cross references

“a Father”

John 1:12 Revelation 21:7 Romans 8:14–17 Galatians 4:5–7 Jeremiah 31:9 Romans 8:29

John 1:12 · BSB

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

Revelation 21:7 · BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

Romans 8:14–17 · BSB

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Galatians 4:5–7 · BSB

to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.…

Romans 8:29 · BSB

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

“the Lord”

Genesis 17:1 Revelation 1:8 Revelation 21:22 Genesis 48:3

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Revelation 1:8 · BSB

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

Revelation 21:22 · BSB

But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Genesis 48:3 · BSB

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

Also

2 Samuel 7:14 Isaiah 43:6

2 Samuel 7:14 · BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Isaiah 43:6 · BSB

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

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