Adoption

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. — read the full passage →

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: — read the full passage →

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, — read the full passage →

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. — read the full passage →

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, — read the full passage →

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: