Bible Verses About "What Does the Bible Say About Adoption"
Adoption is a beautiful biblical metaphor — God adopts believers as His children through Christ, giving them full inheritance rights and a new identity.
Adoption is a beautiful biblical metaphor — God adopts believers as His children through Christ, giving them full inheritance rights and a new identity.
"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." — Romans 8:15 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Does the Bible Say About Adoption?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"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."
"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will."
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
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