Galatians 4:6

American Standard Version (1901)

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Phil 1:19 : 19 For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 searching what [time] or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for [us] with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
  • Eph 2:18 : 18 for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
  • Jer 3:4 : 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
  • Matt 6:6-9 : 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 7 And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
  • John 7:39 : 39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given] ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  • John 14:16 : 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
  • John 15:26 : 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
  • John 16:7 : 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
  • Acts 16:7 : 7 and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 8:14-17
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

    15For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

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

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

  • Gal 4:1-5
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    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

    2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father.

    3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

    4but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

    5that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

    2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.

    31Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
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    14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

    15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • 1 John 4:9-10
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    9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

  • Rom 4:16
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    16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • Gal 4:22
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    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • Rom 5:5
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    5and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

  • John 8:36
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    36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

  • Rom 8:23
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    23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you--

  • Rom 4:1
    67%

    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

  • Eph 1:5-6
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    5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

    6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Eph 4:6
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    6one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?

  • Eph 2:18
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    18for through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father.

  • Heb 12:7
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    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

  • John 16:27
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    27for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

  • Heb 12:9
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    9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Eph 3:14
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    14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

  • Rom 8:1
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    1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

  • Col 1:8
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    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.