Romans 8:15
for you did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but you received [the] Spirit of adoption in which we cry, “Abba! Father!”
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In Context
14for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;
16[This] One—the Spirit—testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God;
Cross References
Numbers 17:12And the sons of Israel speak to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished!
Jeremiah 3:19And I have said, How do I put you among the sons, || And give a desirable land to you, || A beautiful inheritance of the hosts of nations, || And I say, You call Me—My Father, || And you do not turn back from after Me.
Mark 14:36and He said, “Abba, Father; all things are possible to You; make this cup pass from Me; but not what I will, but what You [will].”
Luke 8:37And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes asked Him to go away from them, because they were pressed with great fear, and He having entered into the boat, turned back.
Luke 22:42saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me, but not My will, but Yours be done.”
John 20:17Jesus says to her, “Do not be touching Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; and be going on to My brothers, and say to them, I ascend to My Father and your Father, and [to] 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 →