Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself agrees with us that we're God's children.

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In The King James Version

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

In Context

15You were not given a spirit to enslave and terrify you once more. No, what you received was the spirit that makes you children in God's family. Now we can shout out, “God is our Father!”

17If we're his children, then we're his heirs. We are heirs of God, and heirs together with Christ. But if we want to share in his glory we must share in his sufferings.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23Not only creation, but we too, who have a foretaste of the Spirit, we groan inwardly as we wait for God to “adopt” us—the redemption of our bodies.

2 Corinthians 1:12We take pride in the fact—and our conscience confirms it—that we have acted properly towards people, and especially to you. We have followed God's principles of holiness and sincerity, not according to worldly wisdom but through the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 5:5It's God himself who prepared us for all this, and who provided the Spirit as a guarantee to us.

Ephesians 4:30Don't disappoint the Holy Spirit of God that marked you as belonging to him until the day of redemption.

1 John 4:13How can we know that we live in him, and that he lives in us? He's given us the ability to love by 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 →

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