Adoption is primarily a Pauline picture. It carries the idea of receiving the position of full-grown children of God, adopted into God’s family with all the corresponding rights, privileges, and duties (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:1–5; Eph. 1:5, 14–15). Adoption is not entirely a past event, for the consummation of our adoption awaits the redemption of our bodies (Rom. 8:23), something hoped for as well as something already possessed. Sanctification. Sanctification involves different aspects of our salvation