⁴⁵ that you may be children^(A) of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.^(B)

³⁵ But love your enemies, do good to them,^(A) and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children^(B) of the Most High,^(C) because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

³⁶ and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children,^(A) since they are children of the resurrection.

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(A) are the children of God.^(B)

¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(A) to be revealed.

²⁶ and,

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God^(A) through faith,

⁵ And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father?