22 Bible Verses about sonship

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"

Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

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

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.

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

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

For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."

If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name: