Família de Deus
A família de Deus transcende laços de sangue. Em Cristo, somos adotados como filhos, irmãos uns dos outros e membros de uma família eterna — a Igreja.
Adotados por Deus
Recebemos o espírito de adoção pelo qual clamamos: Abba, Pai! Se filhos, também herdeiros — herdeiros de Deus e co-herdeiros com Cristo.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but a spirit of adoption as sons, by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God. Now if we are children, we are also heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
But when the fullness of time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba! Father!" So yoʋ are no longer a slave, but a son. And if yoʋ are a son, yoʋ are also an heir of God through Christ.
for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
He foreordained us for adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.
Prayer for the Ephesians to Know the Love of Christ
For this reason I bow my knees in prayer before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
A comunidade de fé
Não abandonem a congregação. Somos um corpo em Cristo, membros uns dos outros, chamados a amar e a servir.
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
15 ¦ If you are enduring discipline, it is because 𝔐14 ANT PCK TR For the sake of discipline you must endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline, which is something everyone receives, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not submit even more to the Father of spirits and live? For our fathers disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the other members rejoice with it.
So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
Quem é minha família?
Jesus disse: quem faz a vontade de Deus, esse é meu irmão e irmã. A família de Deus inclui todos os que creem.
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The slave does not abide in the house forever; the son abides forever.
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
Instructions for the Church
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, in all purity.
See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
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