16 Bible Verses about Christians Are Called Children
Most Relevant Verses
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was. My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
Now to give me back payment of the same sort (I am talking as to my children), let your hearts be wide open to me.
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
