Romans 8:16

[This] One—the Spirit—testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God;

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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

15for you did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but you received [the] Spirit of adoption in which we cry, “Abba! Father!”

17and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ—if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only [so], but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting adoption—the redemption of our body;

2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

2 Corinthians 5:5And He who worked us to this very thing [is] God, who also gave to us the deposit of the Spirit;

Ephesians 4:30and do not make the Holy Spirit of God sorrowful, in which you were sealed to [the] day of redemption.

1 John 4:13in this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us, because of His Spirit He has given us.

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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