Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father. | Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children is their parents. |
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Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. | Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. |
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. | I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. |
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. | The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. |
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. | Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. |
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. | For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” | But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” |
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. | But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name. |
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. | You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. | You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. |
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. | Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. |
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. |
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! | If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? |
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them. | But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. |
So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.” | Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.” |
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. | See 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. |
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. | For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. |
Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! | Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! |
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. | These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. |
You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. | You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. | For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. |
You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time. | You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time. |