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Fellow Heirs

A study of adoption as Paul uses it in Romans and Ephesians, a word drawn from the Roman courtroom rather than the family album, with legal consequences that reshape what a family is.

Romans

Jan 19, 2026

Fellow Heirs

Romans 8:15-17; Ephesians 1:5-6

When Paul wants to describe what God has done for those who belong to Christ, he reaches past the family vocabulary Scripture has been using up to this point and selects a word from a different domain entirely. It is…

Fellow Heirs

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