28 Bible Verses about Adoption, descriptions of

For neither can they die any more; for they are equal to angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Indeed then, when ye knew not God, ye served them that by nature are not gods. But now having known God, or rather being known of God, how turn ye back to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire to be in bondage again?

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily I say unto you, he that practiseth sin, is the slave of sin: And the slave abideth not in the house for ever; but the Son abideth ever. If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham's offspring:

For ye have not received the Spirit of bondage again unto fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the Sons of God; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

In hope that the creation itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

That ye may be blameless and simple, the sons of God, unrebukable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God.

And it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

For ye are all sons of God by faith in Jesus Christ.

While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become children of light. These things spake Jesus, and retiring concealed himself from them.

For ye were once darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:

Ye are all children of the light and children of the day: we are not children of the night, nor of darkness.

And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.

through Jesus Christ our Saviour, That, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs, according to the hope of eternal life.

Wherefore God being willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, interposed by an oath:

For both he that sanctifieth, and all they that are sanctified, are of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

And he answering said to him that told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples he said, Behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, conformable to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

Wherefore it behoved him to be made in all things like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high-priest, in things pertaining to God, to expiate the sins of the people.

We know, that we are passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come the salvation, and the might, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, for the accuser of our brethren is cast out, who accused them before our God day and night.

Therefore ye are no longer strangers, and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God,

Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men; but especially to them who are of the houshold of faith.

Jesus, Faithful to him that appointed him, as was also Moses in all his house. For this person was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he that hath builded it hath more honour than the house. Now every house is built by some one: but he that built all things is God.read more.
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things, which were to be afterwards spoken: But Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of hope, firm to the end.