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Taking as the determinative concept Jesus’ favorite name for God, Father, John interprets the ideal relationship of men to God as that of spiritual children, having the Life – eternal – from the Father. According to John this life of sonship to God, having a definite beginning other than the physical birth, and being manifested in very definite moral and spiritual qualities, defines the very...

followed by a genitive of a noun such as “Θεοῦ” (cf. Jn 1:12; 11:52; 1 Jn 3:1, 2, 10), “Αβραάμ” (Jn 8:39) and “διαβόλου” (1 Jn 3:10)10. In all other cases the use of “τέκνα” refers to children who are physically descendants. It is interesting to see that the metaphorical usage is found exclusively in the Gospel and the First Epistle of John, while the other usages are confined to II and III Jn and the Book of Revelation. Needless to say it is the metaphorical usage of “τέκνα Θεοῦ” that comes
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