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Children of God

In his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul urged his readers to remember that, through their faith in Jesus Christ, they have been adopted into the family of God.

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

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, ‘Abba!

Father!’ it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that

we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God

and joint heirs with Christ – if, in fact, we suffer with him so that

we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:14–17, NRSV