being a part of the family of god
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12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
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. 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.
19Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God, 20having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone. 21In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord. 22In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.
10Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.
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.
26And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it.
5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
19Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,
5He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,
15But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of truth.
9For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.