16 Bible Verses about Christians Are Called Children

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

I do not write this to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Now in a fair exchangeI speak as to my childrenopen wide your hearts also.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

But to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

"And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

and if children, then heirsheirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, in order that we may also be glorified with him.

And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for the Day of Judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.

he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

My little children, I write this to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,