22 Bible Verses about sonship

He predetermined (ordained) us to adoption, as sons to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the kind intention of his will.

For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).

The Spirit itself (Greek:autos ho pneuma) (itself the Spirit) bears witness with our spirit (mind and heart), that we are children of God.

Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.

So you are no longer slaves but a son. And as a son God has made you an heir.

We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God. This is so we might know the things that are freely given to us from God.

that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

He also sealed us, and gave us the guarantee of the Spirit in our hearts.

to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

In the end Christ will deliver the kingdom to God the Father. Christ will destroy every ruler and all authority and all power.

They are Israelites and the adoption belongs to them. They have the glory of the covenants. The law was given to them along with the service and promises.

He was declared to be the Son of God with power through the Spirit of Holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The slave does not abide in the house forever. The son abides forever.

The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

What do the scriptures say? Throw out the slave woman and her son. For the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman. (Genesis 21:10)

If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.