Romans 8:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.
  • Heb 2:15 : 15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father. 7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
  • Mark 14:36 : 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
  • 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.
  • 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.
  • 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.
  • Luke 22:42 : 42 Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.
  • John 16:8 : 8 And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
  • Eph 1:11-14 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs; 12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ: 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, 14 Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And 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.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.
  • Heb 12:18-24 : 18 You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind, 19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them: 20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them; 21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear. 22 But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered, 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete, 24 And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.

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

    6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

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

  • Rom 8:16-17
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    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.

  • Rom 8:12-14
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    12So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

    13For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

    14And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

  • 1 John 3:1
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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.

  • 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 Cor 4:15
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    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.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

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

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

  • Gal 5:18
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    18But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

  • 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.

  • 2 Tim 1:7
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    7For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

  • Heb 12:8-9
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    8But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

    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?

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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.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • Rom 8:21
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    21That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

    5For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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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.

    23Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

  • Eph 1:5-6
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    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:

  • 1 Thess 1:6
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    6And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

  • Gal 4:1-3
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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;

  • Rom 7:6
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    6But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

  • Rom 8:31
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    31What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

  • 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.

  • John 1:12
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    12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

  • Rom 4:16
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    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,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 15:7
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    7So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.