16 The Spirit Himself (A)testifies with our spirit that we are (B)children of God,

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16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(A) that we are God’s children.(B)

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That is, it is not the children of the flesh [a]who are (A)children of God, but the (B)children of the promise are regarded as [b](C)descendants.

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  1. Romans 9:8 Lit these
  2. Romans 9:8 Lit seed

In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(B)

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26 (A)And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of (B)the living God.”

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26 and,

“In the very place where it was said to them,
    ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10

26 For you are all (A)sons and daughters of God through faith in (B)Christ Jesus.

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith,

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Children of God Love One Another

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

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  1. 1 John 3:1 Lit what kind of love

See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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