Adoption is Through Christ

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

…to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”