Galatians 4:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

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  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
  • Phil 1:19 : 19 For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith. 15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin. 16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say; 27 And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.
  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there the heart is free.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
  • Eph 2:18 : 18 Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring. 4 And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams. 5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.
  • Jer 3:4 : 4 Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
  • Matt 6:6-9 : 6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. 7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words. 8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
  • John 7:39 : 39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.
  • John 14:16 : 16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
  • John 15:26 : 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
  • John 16:7 : 7 But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
  • Acts 16:7 : 7 And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 8:14-17
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    14And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

    15For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

    17And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • Gal 4:1-5
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    1But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

    2But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.

    3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

    4But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

    5That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

    31So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
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    14I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

    15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

  • 1 John 4:9-10
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    9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

  • Rom 4:16
    68%

    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gal 4:22
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    22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

  • Gal 3:7
    68%

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • Rom 5:5
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    5And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

  • John 8:36
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    36If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

  • Rom 8:23
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    23And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

  • Gal 4:28
    68%

    28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • Gal 4:19
    68%

    19My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

  • Rom 4:1
    67%

    1What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

  • Eph 1:5-6
    2 verses
    67%

    5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

  • Prov 4:1
    67%

    1Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Eph 4:6
    67%

    6One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

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

  • Eph 6:4
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    4And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

  • Eph 2:18
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    18Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

  • Heb 12:7
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    7It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

  • John 16:27
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    27For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

  • Heb 12:9
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    9And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • Eph 3:14
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    14For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

  • Rom 8:1
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    1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

  • Col 1:8
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    8And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.