'Children of God' in the Bible

But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation??52 and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

that creation itself would be set free from its bondage to decay, and have the glorious freedom of the children of God.

That is to say, it is not his physical descendants who are children of God, but his descendants born in fulfilment of the promise who are considered his true posterity.

so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,

This is how the children of God and those of the devil can be distinguished: No one who does not act uprightly or who does not love his brother is a child of God.

You are children of God, dear children, and you have been victorious over these men, for he who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.

We know that we are children of God, while the whole world is under the power of the evil one.