Adoption
76 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
32 sections
- A Privilege of Saints
- Being Led by the Spirit is an Evidence of
- Confers a New Name
- Entitles to an Inheritance
- Explained
- General Scriptures Concerning
- God is Patience and Merciful Towards the Partakers of
- Illustrated: Esther
- Illustrated: Joseph's Sons
- Illustrated: Moses
- New Birth Connected With
- Safety of Those Who Receive
- Saints Become Brethren of Christ By
- Saints Predestinated To
- Saints Receive the Spirit of
- Saints Wait for Final Consummation of
- should Lead to Holiness
- should Produce a Desire for God's Glory
- should Produce a Forgiving Spirit
- should Produce a Love of Peace
- should Produce a Merciful Spirit
- should Produce a Spirit of Prayer
- should Produce an Avoidance of Ostentation
- should Produce Child-Like Confidence in God
- should Produce Likeness to God
- Solomon
- Spiritual
- Subjects Saints to the Fatherly Discipline of God
- The Adopted are Gathered Together in One by Christ
- The Holy Spirit is a Witness of
- Typified, in Israel
- Typified: Israel
A Privilege of Saints
- John 1:12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God —
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Being Led by the Spirit is an Evidence of
- Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Confers a New Name
- Numbers 6:27 So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
- Isaiah 62:2 Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Acts 15:17 so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
Entitles to an Inheritance
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ — if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
- Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Explained
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
General Scriptures Concerning
- Genesis 15:3 Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
God is Patience and Merciful Towards the Partakers of
- Jeremiah 31:1 “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Illustrated: Esther
- Esther 2:7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai …
Illustrated: Joseph's Sons
- Genesis 48:5 And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Genesis 48:14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:16 the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Genesis 48:22 And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
Illustrated: Moses
- Exodus 2:10 When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
New Birth Connected With
- John 1:12–13 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God — …
Safety of Those Who Receive
- Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Saints Become Brethren of Christ By
- John 20:17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Hebrews 2:11–12 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers. …
Saints Predestinated To
- Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Saints Receive the Spirit of
- Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Saints Wait for Final Consummation of
- Romans 8:19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
- Romans 8:23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
should Lead to Holiness
- 2 Corinthians 6:17–18 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” …
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 1 John 3:2–3 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. …
should Produce a Desire for God's Glory
- Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
should Produce a Forgiving Spirit
- Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
should Produce a Love of Peace
- Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
should Produce a Merciful Spirit
- Luke 6:35–36 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. …
should Produce a Spirit of Prayer
- Matthew 7:7–11 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …
should Produce an Avoidance of Ostentation
- Matthew 6:1–4 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. …
- Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Matthew 6:18 so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
should Produce Child-Like Confidence in God
- Matthew 6:25–34 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? …
should Produce Likeness to God
- Matthew 5:44–45 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, …
- Matthew 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Ephesians 5:1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Solomon
- 1 Chronicles 28:6 And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
Spiritual
- Exodus 4:22–23 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son, …
- Numbers 6:27 So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
- Deuteronomy 14:1 You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- Deuteronomy 26:18 And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- Deuteronomy 27:9 Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
- Deuteronomy 32:5–6 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. …
- 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10 He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
- 1 Chronicles 28:6 And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Isaiah 8:18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 43:6–7 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth— …
- Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- Jeremiah 3:19 Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 31:20 Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 1:9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- John 1:12–13 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God — …
- John 11:52 and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
- Acts 15:17 so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
- Romans 8:14–19 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. …
- Romans 8:21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Romans 9:8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
- Romans 9:26 and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Galatians 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 4:5–7 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons. …
- Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Ephesians 3:6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- Hebrews 2:13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
- Hebrews 12:6–7 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” …
- Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
- 1 John 3:1–2 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. …
- 1 John 3:10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Revelation 21:7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Subjects Saints to the Fatherly Discipline of God
- Deuteronomy 8:5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Proverbs 3:11–12 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; …
- Hebrews 12:5–11 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. …
The Adopted are Gathered Together in One by Christ
- John 11:52 and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
The Holy Spirit is a Witness of
- Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Typified, in Israel
- Exodus 4:22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
Typified: Israel
- Exodus 4:22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
- Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Romans 9:4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
Related topics
Adoption is Through ChristAdoption is of God's GraceAdoption of Joseph's SonsAdoption of Gentiles, PredictedAdoption of MosesAdoption is According to Promise
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.