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21 Bible Verses About Adoption

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  • Moses (Exodus 2:10) and Esther (Esther 2:7) were both raised as the child of someone who was not their parent.
  • The Greek word for adoption as sons, huiothesia, occurs five times in the New Testament, all in Paul’s letters: Romans 8:15, 8:23 and 9:4, Galatians 4:5 and Ephesians 1:5.
  • Romans 9:4 lists the adoption first among Israel’s privileges, and Exodus 4:22 calls Israel God’s firstborn son.
  • In Galatians 4:6 the Spirit cries “Abba! Father!”, and in Romans 8:15 believers cry it by the Spirit; Abba is the Aramaic word Jesus used in prayer in Mark 14:36.
  • Romans 8:23 places the completion of adoption in the future, at the redemption of the body.

The Bible speaks of adoption in two ways: a household taking in a child not born to it, and God taking people as his sons and daughters. Pharaoh’s daughter raised Moses as her son (Exodus 2:10), and Mordecai took his orphaned cousin Esther as his own daughter (Esther 2:7). The word adoption itself belongs to Paul. The Greek huiothesia, adoption as sons, occurs five times in the New Testament: Romans 8:15, 8:23 and 9:4, Galatians 4:5 and Ephesians 1:5. Paul…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Greek 5206, υἱοθεσία (huiothesia): adoption as sons; five occurrences in the New Testament. biblehub.com/greek/5206

Strong’s Greek 5, ἀββά (abba): of Aramaic origin, father. biblehub.com/greek/5

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