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

⁸ 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)

²⁶ and,

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

3 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)