Romans 8:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
  • 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,
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And 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 8:26 : 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;

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  • Rom 8:13-15
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    13for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

    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.

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    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] .

    18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

    19For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    5that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

    6And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

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

  • 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.

  • Rom 8:9-11
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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.

    10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

  • Rom 8:22-23
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    22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

    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.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said,

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    26And 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;

    27and 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 John 4:6
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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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    12But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

    13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .

  • 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 9:8
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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

  • 1 John 5:6-10
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    6This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

    7And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

    8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

  • Rom 8:31
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    31What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

  • 1 John 4:2
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    2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

  • 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.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

    5For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

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

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

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now he that wrought us for this very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • John 15:26
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    26But 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:

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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