2 Corinthians 6:18 (WEB)
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Catechism · 1
“God is the Father Almighty, whose fatherhood and power shed light on one another: God reveals his fatherly omnipotence by the way he takes care of our needs; by the filial adoption that he gives us ("I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty"):” — Catechism footnote: 2 Cor 6:18; cf. Mt 6:32.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“Wherefore depart from the midst of them, be separate, and touch not the unclean.’” — editor's note: 2 Cor. vi. 16–18.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Quareegredimini e medio ipsorum, et separamini, dicit Dominus, et immundum ne tangatis; et ego vos suscipiam, et ero vobis in patrem, et vos eritis mihi in filios et filias, dicit Dominus omnipotens.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. vi. 16, 17, 18.
Read the whole comment““Wherefore also go forth from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. vi. 17, 18.
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Cross-references · 7
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 15.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 15.
Cited together in Catechism §270.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 15.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 15.