What does the Bible say about god the father?
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The Bible teaches that God the Father is the one true God, the loving Creator and sovereign Father of all who belong to him through Jesus Christ. Scripture says there is one God and Father of all, from whom are all things and for whom believers live (1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6). He is holy and worthy of ultimate reverence, so no human authority can replace him as Father (Matthew 23:9). He shows tender compassion, especially toward the fatherless, and lovingly pities those who fear him (Psalms 68:5; Psalms 103:13). As our Potter, he forms and governs his people (Isaiah 64:8). Through Christ, the Father adopts believers as his beloved children and blesses them with every spiritual blessing (1 John 3:1; Ephesians 1:3).
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- 1 Corinthians 8:6
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- Ephesians 4:6
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
- Matthew 23:9
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
- Psalms 103:13
Like a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
- Malachi 2:10
Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
- James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- 1 John 3:1
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
- Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
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