18 Bible Verses about Adoption

But if you belong to Christ then you are the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. But let the one having ears, hear.

And if children, indeed heirs; truly heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if we suffer together, in order that we may also be glorified together.

Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

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

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is. Indeed every one having this hope on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

in love having predestinated us unto the adoption of sons unto himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

in whom we were also chosen by lot, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things within us according to the counsel of his own will;

whom he called, even us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles: as he says in Hosea, I will call them my people, who are not my people; and her beloved, who is not beloved: and it shall come to pass, in the place in which it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God:

But when thou mayest pray, enter into thy closet, and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly.

But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens: therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: read more.
in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly.

in order that thou mayest not appear unto the people fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.

in order that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, even all the Gentiles, on whom my name has been called upon them, says the Lord, who doeth these things

For the earnest expectation of the creature awaits the revelation of the sons of God.

and not only so, but we ourselves, having the earnest of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our body.

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises:

Therefore it is by faith, in order that it may be by grace; that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not only of the law, but also of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:

And he being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him for a son to herself.

By faith Moses, having become an adult, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you: in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

Then know that those who are of faith, the same are the sons of Abraham.

For you are all the sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus;

Jesus says to her, Cling not to me; for I have not ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

For both the one sanctifying and they who are sanctified are all of one: on account of which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, I will proclaim thy name to thy brethren, in the midst of the church will sing praises to thee.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.

But if you belong to Christ then you are the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

that is the children of the flesh the same are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name:

Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed:

But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name:

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

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

Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment? Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they? And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence? read more.
And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. But I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these. But if God so clothed the verdure of the field, existing today and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith? Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed? For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking it shall be opened. What man is there of you, whom, if his son shall ask bread, he will give him a stone? read more.
And if he may ask a fish, whether will he give him a serpent? Therefore if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask Him?

Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you:

Moreover love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest: because He is good to the ungrateful and wicked. Therefore be ye merciful, as your Father is indeed merciful.

But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name: who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.

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

The Spirit Himself witnesses along with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

And not only for the nation, but that He may gather into one the children of God dispersed abroad.

For you are all the sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus;

But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name:

Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

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

No one is able to come unto me, unless the Father who sent me may draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

And if I may be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men towards me.

Put on the panoply of God, that you may be able to stand against the methods of the devil,

but let us, who are of the day, be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and divine love; and the helmet, the hope of salvation:

For the night is far spent, and the day is at hand. Therefore let us lay aside the works of the darkness, and let us put on the arms of the light.

by the word of truth, by the power of God; through the arms of righteousness right and left,