約翰一書 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
你看父賜給我們是何等的慈愛，使我們得稱為神的兒女；我們也真是他的兒女。世人所以不認識我們，是因未曾認識他。

約翰福音 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-
凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄，作神的兒女。

耶利米書 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
耶和華說：我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念，不是降災禍的意念，要叫你們末後有指望。

約翰福音 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
「神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不至滅亡，反得永生。