“You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.
Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.
“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
“‘I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.
I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.”
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son, and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
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