17. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you;
18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
John I, 12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Heb. XII, 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hos. I, 10. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which can not be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there shall it be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
(5.) Peace.
Rom. I, 7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor. I, 3. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.