Romans 8:14

Because as many as are led by God's Spirit, these are God's sons

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In The King James Version

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

In Context

13because if you live according to the flesh, you are about to die; but if you put to death the practices of the body, by the Spirit, you will live.

15—you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fear all over again, but you did receive the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “ Abba, Father!”

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Cross References

John 1:12But, as many as did receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe into His name:

Romans 8:9You, however, are not ‘in flesh’ but ‘in Spirit’, if indeed God's Spirit dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

Romans 8:19You see, the creation waits with eager anticipation for the revelation of God's sons;

Romans 9:26“And it will be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called sons of the living 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 →

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