22 Bible Verses about sonship

From the first he destined us, in his good-will towards us, to be adopted as Sons through Jesus Christ,

For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a son which leads us to cry 'Abba, Our Father.'

The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God's children,

And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.'

Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.

You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.

And not Nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit-we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as Sons-the redemption of our bodies.

For you are all Sons of God, through your faith in Christ Jesus.

All who are guided by the Spirit of God are Sons of God.

For the Spirit which God gave us was not a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power, love, and self-control.

And as for us, it is not the Spirit of the World that we have received, but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may realize the blessings given to us by him.

To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons.

Also set his seal upon us, and gave us his Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of future blessings.

To Timothy, my true Child in the Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.

Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as Sons, the visible Presence, the Covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.

But, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

And a slave does not remain in the home always; but a son remains always.

The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.

But what does the passage of Scripture say? 'Send away the slave-woman and her son; for the slave's son shall not be co-heir with the son of the free woman.'

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.

But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.