Adoption

CUV renders Romans 8:15 as receiving ‘the status of sonship’ rather than a single adoption noun. 过继 (guòjì) is the traditional Chinese practice of transferring a son (often within the clan) specifically to continue a family’s ancestor-worship line and inheritance — historically an instrumental, lineage-continuation arrangement. Clarify that believers are adopted into full relational sonship and inheritance, not installed as a ritual heir to maintain ancestor rites.