“God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure” (Ephesians 1:15, NLT)
“So now you Gentiles are not longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.” (Ephesians 2:19, NLT)