Romans 8:16

The same spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

17But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.

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Cross References

Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the adoption, the redemption of our body.

2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and peculiarly towards you.

2 Corinthians 5:5But he that hath wrought us for this very thing is God, who also hath given us the earnest of the spirit.

Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye have been sealed unto the day of redemption.

1 John 4:13By this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his own 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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