For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ,

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;

And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!"

Behold what manner of love the Father has given us in allowing us to be called "Children of God!" And that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not know him.

So each one of you is no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir, too, through God's grace.

And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.

For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit.

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may realize the blessings freely given us by God.

to redeem from captivity those under law, in order that we might receive our sonship.

He has also set his seal upon me, and given me the pledge of his Spirit in my heart.

to Timothy, my true son in the faith; Grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And then the end, when he shall hand over his kingdom to God his Father, after he has abolished all rule and authority and power.

For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;

but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

"Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain.

Beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

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

And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;