Joh 1:12, Rom 8:14-16, Gal 4:5, 1Jo 3:1-2 | ISV | STEP | However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

‏ John 1:12

12 However, to all who received him, to those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,Isa 56:5; Rom 8:15; Gal 3:26; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 3:1

‏ Romans 8:14-16

14 For all who are led by God's Spirit are God's children.Gal 5:18 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery that leads you into fear again. Instead, you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba! ^{▼▼Abba is Aram. for Father.} Father!”Isa 56:5; Mark 14:36; 1Cor 2:12; Gal 4:5-6; 2Tim 1:7; Heb 2:15; 1John 4:18 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.2Cor 1:22; 5:5; Eph 1:13; 4:30

‏ Galatians 4:5

5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as his children.Matt 20:28; John 1:12; Gal 3:13, 26; Eph 1:5, 7; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:12; 1Pet 1:18-19

‏ 1 John 3:1-2

1 We Are God's Children

See what kind of love the Father has given us in letting us be called God's children! Yet that is what we are. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Yet that is what we are.} For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him either.John 1:12; 15:18-19; 16:3; 17:25

2 Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when Christ ^{▼▼Lit. he} is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.Job 19:26; Ps 16:11; Isa 56:5; Matt 5:8; Rom 8:15, 18, 29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:17; 5:7; Gal 3:26; 4:6; Phil 3:21; Col 3:4; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 5:1