Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 34
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God.
Scripture proofs King James Version
- 1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name
- Rom. 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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- Westminster Shorter Catechism
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- King James Version (Scripture proofs)
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- First published 1648
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- Public domain.
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Cite as Westminster Shorter Catechism. First published 1648.