1. Hebrew Bible, Malachi, 1.6 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
1.6. בֵּן יְכַבֵּד אָב וְעֶבֶד אֲדֹנָיו וְאִם־אָב אָנִי אַיֵּה כְבוֹדִי וְאִם־אֲדוֹנִים אָנִי אַיֵּה מוֹרָאִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת לָכֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים בּוֹזֵי שְׁמִי וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּמֶּה בָזִינוּ אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ׃ | 1.6. A son honoureth his father, And a servant his master; If then I be a father, Where is My honour? And if I be a master, Where is My fear? Saith the LORD of hosts Unto you, O priests, that despise My name. And ye say: ‘Wherein have we despised Thy name?’" |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 119.153 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
119.153. רְאֵה־עָנְיִי וְחַלְּצֵנִי כִּי־תוֹרָתְךָ לֹא שָׁכָחְתִּי׃ | 119.153. RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue me; For I do not forget Thy law." |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 1.2 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
1.2. וְאִם־תְּמָאֲנוּ וּמְרִיתֶם חֶרֶב תְּאֻכְּלוּ כִּי פִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר׃ 1.2. שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמַיִם וְהַאֲזִינִי אֶרֶץ כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר בָּנִים גִּדַּלְתִּי וְרוֹמַמְתִּי וְהֵם פָּשְׁעוּ בִי׃ | 1.2. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For the LORD hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, And they have rebelled against Me." |
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4. Dead Sea Scrolls, Community Rule, 11.14-11.15 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)
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5. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 1.1-1.6 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 1.1. The Jewish brethren in Jerusalem and those in the land of Judea, To their Jewish brethren in Egypt, Greeting, and good peace.' 1.2. May God do good to you, and may he remember his covet with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, his faithful servants.' 1.3. May he give you all a heart to worship him and to do his will with a strong heart and a willing spirit. 1.4. May he open your heart to his law and his commandments, and may he bring peace.' 1.5. May he hear your prayers and be reconciled to you, and may he not forsake you in time of evil.' 1.6. We are now praying for you here. |
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6. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 17.7, 17.9, 23.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 17.7. He filled them with knowledge and understanding,and showed them good and evil. |
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7. Septuagint, 3 Maccabees, 6.8 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 6.8. And Jonah, wasting away in the belly of a huge, sea-born monster, you, Father, watched over and restored unharmed to all his family. |
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8. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 2.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 2.11. For whoamong men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man,which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God'sSpirit. |
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9. New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 12.4 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
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10. New Testament, Galatians, 4.1, 4.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 4.1. But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is nodifferent from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; 4.5. thathe might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive theadoption of sons. |
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11. New Testament, Romans, 8.15 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 8.15. For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father! |
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12. New Testament, John, 1.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 1.12. But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: |
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13. Origen, On Prayer, 2.2, 2.4, 20.2, 21.2, 22.2-22.3 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
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