31 Bible Verses about Spiritual Adoption

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons.

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

Then the upright will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears listen!

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God, who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

and not only for the nation, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

So that the rest of mankind may earnestly seek the Lord, Yes, all the heathen who are called by my name, says the Lord,

For all who are guided by God's Spirit are God's sons. For you do not have a sense of servitude to fill you with dread again, but the consciousness of adopted sons by which we cry, "Abba," that is, "Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are God's children;read more.
and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too.

For all nature is expectantly waiting for the unveiling of the sons of God.

that even nature itself might finally be set free from its bondage to decay, so as to share the glorious freedom of God's children.

For those on whom He set His heart beforehand He marked off as His own to be made like His Son, that He might be the eldest of many brothers;

That is, it is not Abraham's natural descendants who are God's children, but those who are made children by the promise are counted his true descendants.

And in the place where it was said, 'You are no people of mine,' they shall be called sons of the living God."

For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have become your Father"?

Therefore: "'Come out of company with them, and separate from them,' the Lord has said, 'And stop touching what is unclean; then I will welcome you, I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters of mine,' The Lord Almighty said."

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

And if you belong to Christ, then you are real descendants of Abraham, and heirs in accordance with the promise made to him.

to ransom those who were subject to law, so that we might be adopted as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba," that is, "Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir by God's own act.

He foreordained us to become His sons by adoption through Christ Jesus, to carry out the happy choice of His will,

So you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of His family;

that the heathen through union with Christ Jesus are fellow-heirs with the Jews, are members with them of the same body, and sharers with them of the promise through the good news,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

For it was appropriate for Him, who is the Final Goal and the First Cause of the universe, in bringing many children to glory, to make the Leader in their salvation perfect through the process of sufferings. For both He who is purifying them and those who are being purified all spring from one Father; so He is not ashamed to call them brothers,

and again, "I too will put my trust in God"; and again, "Here I am and the children God has given me."

For He disciplines everyone He loves, and chastises every son whom He heartily receives." You must submit to discipline. God is dealing with you as His sons. For who is the son that his father never disciplines?

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live!

See what wonderful love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be called God's children, and that is what we are! This is why the world does not know what we are, because it has never come to know Him. Dearly beloved, we are now God's children, but what we are going to be has not been unveiled. We know that if it is unveiled, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

This is the way to distinguish God's children from the devil's children. No one who fails to do right is God's child, and no one who fails to love his brother.

You are children of God, dear children, and you have conquered these men, because He who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.

Whoever conquers will come into possession of these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.