What Does the Bible Say About Being Gods Children?

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 10:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I and the Father are one.”

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.

Matthew 12:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? ...

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;

Psalm 82:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. ...

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

James 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

Matthew 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

19 Bible Verses about Being Gods Children

John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 12:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 82:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Being Gods Children

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John 14:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 4:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 12:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:13-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 82:1-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1-18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 8:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 14:33 ESV / 1 helpful vote