THEOSISAmbrose of Milan
The true Son of God is none other than the One referenced in the Scripture, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’ (Psalm 2:7).
1 Chronicles 17:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee.
אֲנִי֙ אֶֽהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ לְאָ֔ב וְה֖וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְבֵ֑ן וְחַסְדִּי֙ לֹא־אָסִ֣יר מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 1:5For to which of the angels hath he said at any time: Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee? And again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
- Ps 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
- 1 Chr 17:12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
- 1 Sam 15:28And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.
- Ps 2:7The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
- 1 Chr 10:14And trusted not in the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.
- Luke 1:32He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.