Ephesians 5:1

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BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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1 John 4:11Rank 1 from verse 1
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¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 Peter 1:15–16Rank 2 from verse 1
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¹⁵But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
¹⁶Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Ephesians 4:32Rank 3 from verse 1
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³²And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 5:48Rank 4 from verse 1
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⁴⁸Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Luke 6:35–36Rank 5 from verse 1
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³⁵But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
³⁶Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Colossians 3:12Rank 6 from verse 1
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¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Leviticus 11:45Rank 7 from verse 1
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⁴⁵For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
1 John 3:1–2Rank 8 from verse 1
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¹BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
John 1:12Rank 9 from verse 1
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¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Matthew 5:45Rank 10 from verse 1
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⁴⁵That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Jeremiah 31:20Rank 11 from verse 1
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²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Hosea 1:10Rank 12 from verse 1
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¹⁰¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot 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 it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.