Abstract
This chapter shows that “sons” or “children of God” was a term used by the followers of Jesus to refer to themselves. To be a child of God was to be like God, to act as God would act in the world. It was also a term used to express universal solidarity with all other human beings. “Son” or “child of God” has a rich background in Greek and Roman, as well as ancient Jewish, literature. The followers of Jesus adopted it very early on, as the appearance of the term in Q and Paul’s letters demonstrates. It was used for many years thereafter, as seen especially in the Gospel of John and the Johannine letters, as well as the Gospel of Thomas and other literature. It was associated especially with baptism and may have originally come from John the Baptist.
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