Galatians 3:26
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Cross-reference
In Galatians 3:7, those of faith are children of Abraham — a parallel that being children of God also comes by faith.
Galatians 4:6 adds that because we are sons (3:26), God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts crying 'Abba!'
Galatians 4:5 explains that Christ redeemed us to receive adoption as sons, which is the status declared in Galatians 3:26.
In Galatians 4:7, believers are no longer slaves but sons and heirs — directly expanding on the sonship declared in Christ.
In Ephesians 1:5, Paul teaches that God predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, echoing the same doctrine.
In 1 John 3:2, John adds that we are God's children now and will be like Christ when He appears.
In 1 John 3:1, John marvels that believers are called children of God, emphasizing the Father's love for us.
In Hebrews 2:10-15, Christ is portrayed bringing many sons to glory and not being ashamed to call them brothers.
In Romans 8:14-17, Paul expands on sonship through the Spirit, adoption, and inheritance as heirs with Christ.
Ephesians 3:6 expands sonship: Gentiles are fellow heirs and partakers of the promise through Christ — same basis in faith.
In Romans 9:26, Hosea's prophecy declares Gentiles will be called 'children of the living God' — directly affirming the identity in Christ.
In Romans 9:8, children of promise, not flesh, are counted as God's children — echoing the principle of faith-based sonship.
In Acts 16:31, faith in Jesus brings salvation — directly paralleling the condition for becoming children of God in Christ.
1 Timothy 6:2 applies the brotherhood from sonship: believing masters are called brothers, living out the family identity.
Jeremiah 3:19 recalls God’s desire to treat Israel as children and be called 'Father'—the same father-child relationship in Christ.
Isaiah 64:8 explicitly calls God our Father and His people the work of His hands—a direct parallel to being children of God.
In Isaiah 43:6, God declares He will bring His sons and daughters from afar—a picture of gathering His children, fulfilled in Christ.
In Deuteronomy 14:1, Israel is called children of the LORD—the same identity Paul applies to believers in Christ through faith.
In Romans 4:9, faith is counted as righteousness for both circumcised and uncircumcised — the same faith that makes one a child of God.
In Ephesians 5:1, Paul urges believers to imitate God as beloved children, applying sonship to ethical conduct.
In Philippians 2:15, Paul describes believers as children of God in a crooked generation, emphasizing blameless conduct.
In Revelation 21:7, the overcomer is promised the heritage of being God's son in the new creation.
Ephesians 4:6 calls God 'Father of all' — echoing the fatherhood believers receive as sons through faith.
In Ephesians 2:19, believers are fellow citizens and members of God's household — related to being children of God in the family.
In 2 Corinthians 6:18, Paul applies the OT promise of God being a Father and believers being sons and daughters to the church.
In Acts 11:18, God grants repentance to Gentiles — showing the same inclusive salvation that makes all children of God through faith in Christ.
John 1:13 emphasizes that children of God are born not of human will but of God, echoing the divine origin of sonship in Galatians 3:26.
John 1:12 promises the right to become children of God to those who believe, matching the sonship through faith in Galatians 3:26.
In Isaiah 45:11, God refers to Israel as 'my children'—the same familial language Paul uses for believers.
In Deuteronomy 32:6, Moses calls God the Father and Creator of Israel—a fatherhood Paul extends to all who are in Christ.