Open Your Heart To Intimacy With God

3:1 God demonstrates His love by allowing the community (and all true believers) to be known as His children. Refers to membership in God’s spiritual family (compare John 1:12).

3 See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know himJohn D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), 1 Jn 3:1.

12 But as many as received him—to those who believe in his name—he gave to them authority to become children of God, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a husband, but of God

W. Hall Harris III, Elliot Ritzema, et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Jn 1:12–13.

16 And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, “I will live in them and will walk about among them, and I will be their God and they will be my people.” 17 Therefore “come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord, “and do not touch what is unclean, and I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,” says the all-powerful Lord.

W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), 2 Co 6:16–18.

The Lexham English Bible Chapter 25

12 Who is the man fearing Yahweh?

He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

13 His soul will lodge in prosperity,

and his offspring will possess the land.

14 Intimate fellowship with Yahweh is for those who fear him,

and he makes known his covenant to them.

15 My eyes are continually toward Yahweh,

because he will take my feet from the net.