2 Corinthians 6:18

In 9 translations

BSB

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”See 2 Samuel 7:14.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and I will be for a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to Me, says the LORD Almighty.”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

RP2018

καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

TR-Boyd

καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.

SCR1894

και εσομαι υμιν εις πατερα και υμεις εσεσθε μοι εις υιους και θυγατερας λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ

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• Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
• John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
• 2 Samuel 7:14I 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.
• Romans 8:14–17For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself…
• Galatians 4:5–7to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son;…
• Romans 8:29For 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.
• Jeremiah 31:9They 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…
• Galatians 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
• Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
• 1 John 3:1–2Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are now children…
• Isaiah 43:6I 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—
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Hosea 1:9–10And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in…
• Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
• Psalms 22:30Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.

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