26 Bible Verses about Adoption
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The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba. Father."
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
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Adoption » Entitles to an inheritance
If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, 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 with him.
So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God.
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
Adoption » Should lead to holiness
Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Adoption » Illustrated » Joseph's sons
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
Adoption » Adoption of children
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Adoption » Subjects saints to the fatherly discipline of God
You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: for whom the LORD loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Adoption » God is long-suffering and merciful towards the partakers of
"At that time," says the LORD, "will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people."
They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.'"
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," says the LORD.
Adoption » Saints predestinated unto
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
Adoption » Of gentiles, predicted
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My God.'"
us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved." "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"
Adoption » Should produce » An avoidance of ostentation
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"Be careful that you do not do your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, read more.
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
Adoption » Confers a new name
"So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them."
The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
that the rest of mankind may seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,' says the Lord, who makes these things
Adoption » Saints wait for final consummation of
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
Adoption » Typified
"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
Adoption » Is of God's grace
and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your birth and your birth is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite. As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you weren't salted at all, nor swaddled at all. No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, for that your person was abhorred, in the day that you were born. read more.
"'When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you, Though you are in your blood, live; yes, I said to you, "Though you are in your blood, live."
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is 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." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Adoption » Of children. Instances of » of moses
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it. She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?" read more.
Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called the child's mother. Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it. The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
Adoption » Should produce » Likeness to God
But I tell you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Adoption » Is by faith
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Adoption » Saints become brethren of Christ by
Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."
Adoption » Saints receive the spirit of
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba. Father."
And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
Adoption » Is according to promise
If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
Adoption » Is through Christ
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
Adoption » Is to be pleaded in prayer
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Adoption » A privilege of saints
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
Adoption » Explained
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
Adoption » Exemplified
He said to me, 'Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
Adoption » Of children. Instances of » Of joseph's sons
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."
Adoption » Should produce » Child-like confidence in God
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they? "And which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to his height? read more.
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith? "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, 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 will be given to you as well. Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Adoption » Should produce » A spirit of prayer
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone? read more.
Or if he will ask for a fish, who will give him a serpent? If you then, 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.
Adoption » Safety of those who receive
In the fear of the LORD is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
Adoption » Should produce » A desire for God's glory
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Adoption » Should produce » A forgiving spirit
Adoption » Should produce » A merciful spirit
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
Adoption » New birth connected with
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Adoption » Should produce » A love of peace
Adoption » Illustrated » moses
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
Adoption » Being led by the spirit is an evidence of
Adoption » The holy ghost is a witness of
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
Adoption » Illustrated » Esther
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Adoption » Gathered together » In one » In Christ
and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
Adoption » Typified, in israel
Adoption » Of children. Instances of » Of esther
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Faith » Through it is » Adoption
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Adoption
Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
The promises of God » Subjects of » Adoption
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty." Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Redemption » Procures for us » Adoption
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not do so.
Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Spiritual » Adoption » Adorning
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and a necklace around your neck.
She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Spiritual » Adoption » Attraction
Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine. They are right to love you.
The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, 'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
Spiritual » Adoption » Armour
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Topics on Adoption
Adoption By Faith
Galatians 3:7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.
Adoption Entitles To An Inheritance
Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
Adoption Is By God's Grace
Ephesians 1:5-6having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
Adoption Produces
2 Corinthians 6:17-18Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
Adoption Should Lead To Holiness
2 Corinthians 6:17-18Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
Adoption Through Christ
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,
Adoption, Assurance Of
Romans 8:16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
Adoption, Benefits Of
Psalm 103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
Adoption, descriptions of
Luke 20:36For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
Adoption, nature of
John 1:12-13But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,
Adoption, Results Of
Galatians 4:6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba, Father."
Spiritual Adoption
Exodus 4:22-23You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn,