22 Bible Verses about sonship

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will --

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father."

The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God's children.

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls "Abba! Father!"

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children -- and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

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

to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

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

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

But what does the scripture say? "Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son" of the free woman.

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

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children