What Does the Bible Say About God Being Our Father?

1 John 3:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? ...

1 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

Romans 8:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Malachi 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ...

Psalm 89:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

1 Chronicles 22:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’

2 Samuel 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,

Hebrews 12:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. ...

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Acts 17:27-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

32 Bible Verses about God Being Our Father

1 John 3:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 89:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 22:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 17:27-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about God Being Our Father

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1 John 3:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 1:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:15-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 103:1-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 89:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 68:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 22:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Samuel 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:1-29 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 1:5 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 17:27-28 ESV / 1 helpful vote