For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

For this is what the promise declared: “About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger,”

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac –

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.