Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on John 1:12 in English Standard Version "But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God," Mt 5:45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Joh 11:52 and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. Ga 3:26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 1Jo 3:1 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. 1Jo 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 1Jo 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.