Romans 8:15
You did not receive a spirit that makes you slaves, so that you live in fear again; but you received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, “Abba, Father!”
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In Context
14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
16The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12The people of Israel spoke to Moses and said, “We will die here. We will all perish!
Jeremiah 3:19As for me, I said, 'How I want to treat you as my son and give you a pleasant land, 1 an inheritance more beautiful than what is in any other nation!' I would have said, 'You will call me “my father”.' 1 I would have said that you would not turn from following me. 1
Mark 14:36He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible with you. Remove this cup from me. But not my will, but yours.”
Luke 8:37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were overwhelmed with great fear. So he got into the boat so they could start back.
Luke 22:42saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but yours be done.”
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I will go up to my Father and your Father, and 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 →