19 Bible Verses about Adoption

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

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear,- let him hear.

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

So, then, you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God, through Christ.

that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,

For this reason, come out from among them, and separate yourselves, says the Lord, and touch not an unclean person, and I will receive you;

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every one that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:

having predestinated us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

in him in whom we have obtained our portion, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in the Christ, through the gospel,

whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from the Gentiles? As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

But do you, when you pray, go into your closet, and when you have closed the door, pray to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Beware of doing your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does; read more.
that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and. your Father, who sees in secret, himself will reward you openly.

that you may not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

that the rest of men may seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name has been called, says the Lord, who does all these things.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

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

who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

But having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and educated him as her own son.

By faith Moses, when he became a man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

But I say to you, Love your enemies: bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you: that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and causes it to rain on the just and on the unjust.

Be you therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Know, therefore, that those who are of faith are the sons of Abraham.

for you are all the sons of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:

Jesus said to her: Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.

For both he that sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, are all of one Father: for which reason, he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: I will declare thy name among my brethren; in the midst of the assembly, will I sing hymns to thee.

For you have not again received the spirit of bondage, that you may fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the posterity.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of be coming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.

In this manner, therefore, pray you: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of be coming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;

Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

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

For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not your life a greater gift than food, and your body than clothing? Observe the birds of the air, that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into granaries. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life? read more.
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, nor do they spin. But I say to you, That Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these. If then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith? Therefore, be not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, with what shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you in addition. Therefore, be not anxious about the morrow, for the morrow will have anxieties of its own. Sufficient for the day is its own evil.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened. What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? read more.
And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

In this way let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil. Be you, therefore, merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of be coming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name; who were begotten, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God.

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

The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are the children of God;

and not for the nation only, but that he should gather into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

for you are all the sons of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:

But as many as received him, to them he gave the privilege of be coming the children of God, even to those who believe on his name;

Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

and I will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might buy off those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption.

no man can come to me, unless the Father, who sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the wiles of the devil:

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation:

the night is far advanced, the day draws near. Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,