Romans 8:16
The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are the children of God;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
In Context
Cross References
Romans 8:23and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
2 Corinthians 1:12For the ground of our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience that we have lived in the world more―abundantly, indeed, for you―in sincerity and godly purity, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 5:5Now, he that has formed us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, with which you have been sealed for the day of redemption.
1 John 4:13By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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 →