Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
14For so many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.
16The Spirit Himself witnesses along with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Cross References
Mark 14:36And He said, Father, Father, all things are possible to thee; take this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Luke 8:37And all the multitudes of the surrounding country of the Gergesenes, asked Him to depart from them; because they were seized with great fear. And He having come Into the ship, returned.
Luke 22:42saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.
John 20:17Jesus says to her, Cling not to me; for I have not ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I ascend 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 →