Adoption

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

`And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

and he is supporting Hadassah--she <FI>is<Fi> Esther--daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman <FI>is<Fi> of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation. — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive; — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive <FI>for<Fi> the widow.

that is, the children of the flesh--these <FI>are<Fi> not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name, — read the full passage →

`I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

who--not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but--of God were begotten.

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God; — read the full passage →

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God; — read the full passage →

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting--the redemption of our body;

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;

Because Israel <FI>is<Fi> a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi, — read the full passage →

And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father--ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ--if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born <FI>is<Fi> Israel,

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it, — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

and it shall be--in the place where it was said to them, Ye <FI>are<Fi> not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye--ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

and if ye <FI>are<Fi> of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise--heirs.

`And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they <FI>are<Fi> ; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine;

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

and again, `Behold I and the children that God did give to me.'

who are Israelites, whose <FI>is<Fi> the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

In the fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; — read the full passage →

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.'

Every one who is called by My name, Even for My honour I have created him, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.

he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him--a God, and he shall be to me--the son,

A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth <FI>it<Fi> upon the head of Ephraim, who <FI>is<Fi> the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh <FI>is<Fi> the first-born.

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

that the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all the nations, upon whom My name hath been called, saith the Lord, who is doing all these things.

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, <FI>Are<Fi> for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion.

And He saith, Only My people they <FI>are<Fi> , Sons--they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour.

he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I <FI>am<Fi> to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

`And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I--I do bless them.'

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

that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life <FI>is<Fi> the coming desire.

I am saying to the north, `Give up,' And to the south, `Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified <FI>are<Fi> all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.' — read the full passage →

With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way--they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim--My first-born <FI>is<Fi> he.

And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because--from the water I have drawn him.'

For it was becoming to Him, because of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,

And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!' — read the full passage →

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! — read the full passage →

`All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers; — read the full passage →

As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: