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He destined us[a] for adoption as his children[b] through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,(A)

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  1. 1.5 Or before him; he destined us in love
  2. 1.5 Or sonship

29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[a](A) 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.(B)

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  1. 8.29 Gk among many brothers

11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(A)

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  1. 1.11 Or been made a heritage

in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.(A) And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba![b] Father!”(B)

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  1. 4.6 Other ancient authorities read your
  2. 4.6 Aramaic for Father

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A)

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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A)

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23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.(A)

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14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(A) 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba![a] Father!”(B) 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God,(C) 17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.(D)

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  1. 8.15 Aramaic for Father
  2. 8.16 Or . . . a spirit of adoption, by which we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit itself bears witness

18 and I will be your father,
    and you shall be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”(A)

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Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

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The Restoration of Israel

10 [a]Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”(A)

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  1. 1.10 2.1 in Heb

10 It was fitting that God,[a] for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.(A) 11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.[b] For this reason Jesus[c] is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,(B) 12 saying,

“I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.”(C)

13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”

And again,

“Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”(D)

14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,(E) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(F)

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  1. 2.10 Gk he
  2. 2.11 Gk are all of one
  3. 2.11 Gk he