<word id=”H1121″ type=”word” filterby=””>בֵּן, H1121</word>

• Translated as “son” or “child”

<word id=”H1″ type=”word” filterby=””>אָב, H1</word>

<word id=”G5043″ type=”word” filterby=””>τέκνον, G5043</word>

• Translated as “child,” which includes both male and female

<word id=”G5207″ type=”word” filterby=””>υἱός, G5207</word>

• Translated as “son,” referring to the male child. This topical study covers mainly references to sons (plural) of God.

<word id=”G5206″ type=”word” filterby=””>υἱοθεσία, G5206</word>

• Translated as “adoption as a son”

All human beings

• Isa 64:8 – But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
• Mal 2:10 – Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
• Mt 6:9 – Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
• Jn 20:17 – Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”
• 1 Cor 8:6 – yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Israelites

• Ex 13:15 – For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
• Mt 15:26 – And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
• Mk 7:27 – And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
• Mk 7:28 – But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
• Isa 43:6 – I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,
• Isa 45:11 – Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him: “Ask me of things to come; will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?
• Isa 63:16 – For 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 of old is your name.
• Isa 64:8 – But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
• Ezek 16:21 – that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?

Israel collectively as son of God

• Ex 4:22 – Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son,
• Ex 4:23 – and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.'”
• Ezek 21:10 – sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)
• Hos 11:1 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Believers of Jesus Christ

• Jn 1:12 – But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
• Jn 11:52 – and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
• Jn 20:17 – Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'”
• Rom 8:16 – The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
• Rom 8:17 – and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
• Rom 8:21 – that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
• Gal 4:27 – For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”
• Gal 4:28 – Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
• Gal 4:31 – So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
• Heb 2:11 – For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
• Heb 2:12 – saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
• Heb 2:13 – And again, “I will put my trust in him.”And again, “Behold, I and the children God has given me.”
• 1 Jn 3:1 – See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
• 1 Jn 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

Believers collectively (depicted as a male child)

• Rev 12:4 – His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.
• Rev 12:5 – She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,

All human beings

• From Jesus’ parable of the lost son, we may infer that all human beings are considered the sons of our heavenly Father (Lk 15:11-32)

Israelites

• Rom 9:4 – They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

Believers of Jesus Christ who are baptized into Christ

• Gal 3:26 – for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
• Gal 3:27 – For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Gal 3:28 – There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 3:29 – And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

• Gen 6:2 – the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
• Gen 6:4 – The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
• Job 1:6 – Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
• Job 2:1 – Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.
• Job 38:7 – when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
• Ps 29:1 – Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
• Ps 89:6 – For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,

Practice righteousness and love our brothers

• 1 Jn 2:29 – If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
• 1 Jn 3:10 – By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
• 1 Jn 4:7 – Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

Do not keep on sinning

• 1 Jn 3:9 – No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
• 1 Jn 5:18 – We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Believe that Jesus is Christ

• 1 Jn 5:1 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

Love God and obey His commandments

• 1 Jn 5:2 – By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

Overcome the world

• 1 Jn 5:4 – For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world–our faith.

Peacemakers

• Mt 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Love our enemies

• Mt 5:44 – But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
• Mt 5:45 – so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Lk 6:35 – But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Do good and lend

• Lk 6:35 – But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Free from sin

• Jn 8:34 – Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
• Jn 8:35 – The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.
• Jn 8:36 – So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Led by the Spirit of God

• Rom 8:14 – For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Conquers

• Rev 21:7 – The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Forgive others

• Mk 11:25 – And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Be merciful

• Lk 6:36 – Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Be imitators of God

• Eph 5:1 – Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Do all things without grumbling or questioning

• Phil 2:14 – Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
• Phil 2:15 – that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Do not be conformed to the passions of our former ignorance

• 1 Pet 1:14 – As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

Purify ourselves

• 1 Jn 3:2 – Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
• 1 Jn 3:3 – And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Shine our light before others

• Mt 5:16 – In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Be perfect

• Mt 5:48 – You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Practice righteousness, pray, and fast in secret

• Mt 6:1 – “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
• Mt 6:2 – “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
• Mt 6:3 – But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
• Mt 6:4 – so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
• Mt 6:6 – But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
• Mt 6:17 – But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
• Mt 6:18 – that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Be separate from the unclean

• 2 Cor 6:16 – What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• 2 Cor 6:17 – Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
• 2 Cor 6:18 – and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Gives and provides

• Mt 7:11 – If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
• Mt 6:26 – Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
• Mt 6:32 – For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
• Mt 6:33 – But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
• Lk 12:30 – For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
• Lk 12:31 – Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
• Lk 12:32 – “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• 1 Jn 3:1 – See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Protects

• Mt 10:29 – Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
• Mt 10:30 – But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
• Mt 10:31 – Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Treats us as we treat others

• Mk 11:25 – And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Gives His Spirit to us

• Rom 8:15 – For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
• Rom 8:16 – The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
• Gal 4:6 – And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
• Gal 4:7 – So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

Disciplines us

• Heb 12:5 – And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
• Heb 12:6 – For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
• Heb 12:7 – It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
• Heb 12:8 – If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
• Heb 12:9 – Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
• Heb 12:10 – For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

Be heirs

• Lk 12:32 – “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Jn 3:3 – Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• Jn 3:5 – Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• Jn 8:35 – The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.
• Rom 8:17 – and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
• Gal 3:29 – And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

Glory

• Rom 8:17 – and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
• Rom 8:19 – For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
• Rom 8:21 – that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
• Rom 8:23 – And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
• Rom 8:29 – For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
• Heb 2:10 – For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
• 1 Jn 3:2 – Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.