Exodus 4:22

22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, aIsrael is my bfirstborn son,

Deuteronomy 4:7

7For cwhat great nation is there that has da god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

Deuteronomy 7:6

6“For eyou are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be fa people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Jeremiah 31:20

20 gIs Ephraim my dear son?
hIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
iTherefore my heart
Hebrew bowels
yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Romans 8:15

15For kyou did not receive lthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of madoption as sons, by whom we cry, nAbba! Father!”

Romans 8:29

29For those whom he oforeknew he also ppredestined qto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be rthe firstborn among many brothers.

Romans 8:38-39

38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 1:5

5 she predestined us
Or  before him in love, having predestined us
for uadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, vaccording to the purpose of his will,
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