'Sons' in the Bible

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.

that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong.

the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.

"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."

"But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. Then He began to be full of anguish and distress,

among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder')

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you."

and so were Simon's partners James and John, the sons of Zabdi.)

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.

"And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

Simon Peter was with Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zabdi, and two others of the Master's disciples.

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, God says, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall have dreams;

and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver.

"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew of high-priestly family, who were doing this.

For those who are led by God's Spirit are, all of them, God's sons.

You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being--a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons--a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, "Abba! our Father!"

For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises.

And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."

And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved;

and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all."

Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

in order to purchase the freedom of all who were subject to Law, so that we might receive recognition as sons.

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry "Abba! our Father!"

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl and one by the free woman.

For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--

which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life.

Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--

for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.

For it was fitting that He for whom, and through whom, all things exist, after He had brought many sons to glory, should perfect by suffering the Prince Leader who had saved them.

Through faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and, leaning on the top of his staff, worshipped God.

and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;

The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

And if you are left without discipline, of which every true son has had a share, that shows that you are bastards, and not true sons.

All this shall be the heritage of him who overcomes, and I will be his God and he shall be one of My sons.