17 and if children, (A)heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (B)if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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21 that (A)the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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That is, it is not the children of the flesh [a]who are (A)children of God, but the (B)children of the promise are regarded as [b](C)descendants.

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  1. Romans 9:8 Lit these
  2. Romans 9:8 Lit seed

15 so that you will [a]prove yourselves to be (A)blameless and innocent, (B)children of God above reproach in the midst of a (C)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you [b](D)appear as [c]lights in the world,

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  1. Philippians 2:15 Or become
  2. Philippians 2:15 Or shine
  3. Philippians 2:15 Or luminaries, stars

Children of God Love One Another

See [a](A)how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called (B)children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because (C)it did not know Him. (D)Beloved, now we are (E)children of God, and (F)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He (G)appears, we will be (H)like Him, because we will (I)see Him just as He is.

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  1. 1 John 3:1 Lit what kind of love

10 By this the (A)children of God and the (B)children of the devil are obvious: [a]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who (C)does not love his (D)brother and sister.

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  1. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone

Overcoming the World

(A)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been (B)born of God, and everyone who loves the [b]Father (C)loves the child born of Him. (D)By this we know that (E)we love the children of God, when we love God and [c]follow His commandments.

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  1. 1 John 5:1 I.e., Messiah
  2. 1 John 5:1 Lit one who has fathered
  3. 1 John 5:2 Lit do

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