Romans 8:15
—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!”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14Because as many as are led by God's Spirit, these are God's sons
16That Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are God's children
Cross References
Mark 14:36And He said: “ Abba (Father), all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Luke 8:37Then the whole multitude from the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Him to depart from them, because they were overcome by fear. So He got into the boat and returned.
Luke 22:42saying, “Father, if you would just remove this cup from me—nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done!”
John 20:17Jesus says to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—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 →