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30 Bible Verses About Adoption

  1. Romans 8:15 (KJV):

    “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

  2. Ephesians 1:5 (KJV):

    “Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, “

  3. Galatians 4:5 (KJV):

    “To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”

  4. Romans 8:23 (KJV):

    “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”

  5. Galatians 4:4-7 (KJV):

    “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

  6. Ephesians 1:4-5 (KJV):

    “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, “

  7. John 1:12 (KJV):

    “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: “

  8. Romans 8:14-17 (KJV):

    “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

  9. John 14:18 (KJV):

    “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

  10. 1 John 3:1 (KJV):

    “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”

  11. 2 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV):

    “And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

  12. Romans 8:19 (KJV):

    “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

  13. Galatians 3:26 (KJV):

    “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”

  14. Romans 9:8 (KJV):

    “That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”

  15. 1 John 3:2 (KJV):

    “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”

  16. John 3:16 (KJV):

    “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

  17. Galatians 4:6-7 (KJV):

    “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

  18. Romans 8:21 (KJV):

    “Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”

  19. Romans 8:15-17 (KJV):

    “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

  20. 1 John 4:9-10 (KJV):

    “In 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. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

  21. Romans 9:4 (KJV):

    “Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;”

  22. Galatians 4:1-2 (KJV):

    “Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.”

  23. Ephesians 1:13-14 (KJV):

    “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

  24. 1 John 3:10 (KJV):

    “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”

  25. Romans 8:16-17 (KJV):

    “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

  26. Galatians 4:6 (KJV):

    “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

  27. 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 (KJV):

    “Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.”

  28. Romans 8:15 (KJV):

    “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

  29. Galatians 3:26-27 (KJV):

    “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

  30. Galatians 4:5-6 (KJV):

    “To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”