He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn a
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything b
to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adopt
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happ
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the na
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulf
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Yo
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author o
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of
“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascendi
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples o
Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,