1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q37. What is Adoption?

Adoption is an Act of God's free Grace, whereby we are received into the Number, and have a Right to all the Privileges of the Sons of God.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    1 John 3:1

    Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  2. [2]
    Romans 8:14

    For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.