Q. 34. What is adoption?
Question. What is adoption?
Answer. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.
Proofs.
- [a] I John 3:1
- [b] John 1:12; Rom. 8:17
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 34, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1JN.3.1, JHN.1.12, ROM.8.17
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