God the Father

Places in the Book of Mormon where God is called “Father” or people are called “sons” or “children” of God.

Of Jesus

1Ne 10:17; 11:6–7, 18, 21, 24, 32; 13:40; 2Ne 25:12, 16, 19; 30:2; 31:16; Jacob 4:5, 11; Enos 1:27; Mosiah 3:8; 4:2; 15:2–5; Alma 5:48, 50; 6:8; 7:9–10, 13; 9:26; 11:32, 35, 38; 12:33–34; 13:1–2, 5, 7, 9, 16; 14:5; 16:19–20; 21:7; 24:10, 13; 33:11, 13–14, 16–18, 22–23; 34:2, 5, 7, 14; 36:17–18; Hel 3:28; 5:12; 8:14–15, 18, 20; 14:2, 8, 12; 16:18; 3Ne 1:17; 5:13, 26; 9:15; 11:7; 12:19; 15:1; 17:14; 19:20–22, 28–29; 20:31; 21:20; 27:13–14; 28:8, 10; 30:1; Morm 5:14; 7:5; 9:22, 29; Ether 4:7; 12:11, 18, 37; Moro 4:3; 7:48; 8:3

Of believers, the elect

1Ne 22:25; Mosiah 18:22; 27:25; Alma 5:14; 6:6; 22:15; 36:5, 23–24; 38:6; 3Ne 9:17; 12:45; 4Ne 1:39; Moro 7:26, 48

Of the author (“my” Father)

Jacob 7:22

Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)

Mosiah 2:34; 3Ne 12:16, 45, 48; 13:4, 6, 8–9, 14–15, 18, 26, 32; 14:9–11; Ether 12:32, 34

Someone called “son”, “daughter”, “child”, or “children”

1Ne 11:17; 2Ne 18:18; Alma 13:1; 30:42; 33:8

Of all men?

1Ne 17:36

Unspecified (simply “the” Father)

1Ne 14:8, 17; 2Ne 25:16; 31:7, 10–12, 14–15, 18, 20–21; 32:9; 33:12; Jacob 4:5; Alma 11:44; Hel 5:11; 3Ne 9:15; 11:11, 27, 32, 35–36; 15:13–16, 18–20; 16:3–10, 13, 16; 17:2–4, 15–18; 18:7, 10–11, 14, 19–21, 23–24, 30, 33, 35; 19:6–8, 24, 27, 31; 20:10, 12, 14, 19, 25–29, 31, 33–34, 46; 21:2–4, 6–7, 9, 11, 14, 26–29; 23:4, 9; 24:1; 26:15; 27:2, 7, 9–10, 14–15, 17, 26, 28, 30; 28:1, 4, 7, 10, 30, 40; 29:1; Morm 5:14, 17; 6:22; 7:5, 7; 9:12, 21, 27, 37; Ether 4:14–15, 17; 5:4–5; 12:8, 41; Moro 2:2; 3:2; 4:2–3; 5:2; 7:2, 26–27, 32, 48; 8:3; 9:26; 10:4, 33

Of non–specific or inanimate things

1Ne 22:9 (“of heaven”); Morm 6:22 (“of heaven”)

Some are children of the devil

1Ne 14:3; Alma 5:25, 39, 41; 10:28; 11:23; 54:11

Heretics claim to be elect children of God

Alma 31:8, 16

Allegories

1Ne 21:15 (cf. Isa 49:15); 3Ne 24:17 (cf. Mal 3:17); Mosiah 3:19

Christ called Father

Mosiah 5:7; 15:10–13 (cites Mosiah 14:10; Isa 53:10); 4Ne 1:17; Ether 3:14; Moro 7:19

Helaman called Father

Alma 56:10, 17, 27, 30, 39, 44, 46; 57:22