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But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name,

and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.

so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world,

See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother and sister.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments.