'Children' in the Bible

But to all who did receive Him,He gave them the right to be children of God,to those who believe in His name,

“Our father is Abraham!” they replied.“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

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

“Children, I am with you a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ so now I tell you.