adoption

⁵He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,

²⁷This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.

⁵And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me.

¹²Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

²¹Then, having been abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him in, and she raised him as her own son.

⁷who had raised his brother’s daughter Hadassah, who by another name was called Esther. And she had lost both her parents. She was very beautiful, with a graceful appearance. Since her father and mother had both died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter.

⁴⁰And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’

⁶the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place. ⁷It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.

¹⁵And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!”

¹⁸He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.

²⁶For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

⁵so that he might redeem those who were under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption of sons. ⁶Therefore, because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out: “Abba, Father.” ⁷And so now he is not a servant, but a son. But if he is a son, then he is also an heir, through God.

¹⁰For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

⁸Open your mouth for the mute and for all the cases of the sons who are passing through.

¹See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

¹⁷Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.

⁸In other words, those who are the sons of God are not those who are sons of the flesh, but those who are sons of the Promise; these are considered to be the offspring.

³¹But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

¹²Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God. ¹³These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁸I will not leave you orphans. I will return to you.

²Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹³These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. ¹⁵And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!” ¹⁶For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. ¹⁷But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him. ¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us. ¹⁹For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. ¹⁵And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!” ¹⁶For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. ¹⁷But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.

⁹The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

²³and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.