Romans 8:15
For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage, again to fear; but ye received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God.
16The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;
Cross References
Mark 14:36And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Luke 8:37And the whole multitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes besought him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear. And he, entering into the ship, returned.
Luke 22:42saying: Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.
John 20:17Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, 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 →