1 John 3:1

The Father has lavished such love that we are called his children, a status the world cannot comprehend. Adoption is the wonder of the gospel.

Cross-references · 25

• John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
• Gal 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Cor 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• Gal 4:5–6To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
• John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• John 17:25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
• Ps 36:7–9How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
• 1 Jn 4:9–10In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
• Rev 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• John 15:18–19If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
• Eph 3:18–19May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
• Rom 8:14–17For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
• Rom 9:25–26As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
• Rom 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• Eph 2:4–5But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Gal 3:29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Rom 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
• John 16:3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
• Col 3:3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
• Rom 8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
• 2 Sam 7:19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
• Jer 3:19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
• Ps 31:19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
• Ps 89:1–2I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
• Hos 1:10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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