Romans 8:15
For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
16The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
Jeremiah 3:19But I said, How I will put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! And I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
Mark 14:36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what thou want.
Luke 8:37And the whole multitude of the region around the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them, because they were gripped by great fear. And he, having embarked into the boat, returned.
Luke 22:42saying, Father, if thou want, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.
John 20:17Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:11-17
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the… Read the whole commentary →