Hos 1:10, Rom 8:14-17, Eph 1:5, 2:3 | ESV | STEP | Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea , which cannot be measured or numbered . And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people , it shall be said to them, Children of the living God .

10 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} Yet ^bthe number of the children of Israel shall be ^clike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^dAnd ^ein the place where it was said to them, ^f“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^g“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons} of ⁱthe living God.”

Romans 8:14-17

14 For all who are ^jled by the Spirit of God are ^ksons ^{▼▼See discussion on “sons” in the Preface} of God. 15 For ^myou did not receive ⁿthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^oadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^p“Abba! Father!” 16 ^qThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then ^rheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^sprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Ephesians 1:5

5 ^the predestined us ^{▼▼Or before him in love, having predestined us} for ^vadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ^waccording to the purpose of his will,

Ephesians 2:3

3 among whom we all once lived in ^xthe passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body ^{▼▼Greek flesh} and the mind, and ^zwere by nature ^aachildren of wrath, like the rest of mankind. ^{▼▼Greek like the rest}