[ 6:3] that the sons of God, having seen the daughters of men, that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.

[ 6:5] Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.

And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord: Israel is My firstborn.

And I said to you, Send away My people, that they may serve Me: now if you will not send them away, see, I will kill your firstborn son.

I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.

But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes.

And I said, So be it, Lord, for [You said] I will set you among children, and will give you a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles. And I said, You shall call me Father; and you shall not turn away from Me.

Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.

But as many as received Him, He gave them the authority to become children of God, to those who believe in His name;

and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

That is, those who are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

"And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' there they shall be called sons of the living God."

"I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty."

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

For it was fitting for Him, on account of whom [are] all things and through whom [are] all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the Author of their salvation through sufferings.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.

You shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.

And you shall not make cuttings in your body for a [dead] body, and you shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.

And you shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.

They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves [for them.]

that there came men from Shechem, and from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes torn, and beating their breasts, and [they had] manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring into the house of the Lord.

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who have died, lest you be sorrowful as those who have no hope.