Galatians 4:6

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Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'

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  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
  • Rom 8:9 : 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  • Phil 1:19 : 19 For I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will result in my deliverance.
  • Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus, the Son of God—let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 They inquired into what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.'
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and petition. Stay alert with all perseverance as you pray for all the saints.
  • Rom 8:26-27 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspeakable groanings. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So it is written: 'The first man, Adam, became a living being'; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 sealed us, and placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
  • 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
  • Eph 2:18 : 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring. 4 They will sprout up like grass among the meadows, like willows by flowing streams. 5 One will say, 'I belong to the LORD,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' and will honor the name of Israel.
  • Jer 3:4 : 4 Have you not just now called to me, 'My Father, you are the friend of my youth'?
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • Matt 6:6-9 : 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like the pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 He said to them, 'When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  • Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
  • John 3:34 : 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
  • John 7:39 : 39 (He said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in Him were to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
  • John 14:16 : 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever.
  • John 15:26 : 26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.
  • John 16:7 : 7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your benefit that I am going away. 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 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

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  • Rom 8:14-17
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

    15You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'

    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

    17If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • Gal 4:1-5
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    1I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the master of everything.

    2But he is under guardians and managers until the time set by his father.

    3In the same way, we too, when we were children, were enslaved under the elemental principles of the world.

    4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

    5to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

  • 2 Cor 6:18
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    18And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30But what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.'

    31So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 4:14-15
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    14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

    15For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:9-10
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    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  • Rom 4:16
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    16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share 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 slave woman and one by the free woman.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

  • Rom 5:5
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    5And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

  • John 8:36
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    36So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

  • Rom 8:23
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    23And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • Gal 4:19
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    19My dear children, I am again suffering birth pains for you until Christ is formed in you.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

  • Eph 1:5-6
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    5He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.

  • Prov 4:1
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    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

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

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

  • Eph 6:4
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    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5For to which of the angels did God ever say, 'You are My Son; today I have become Your Father'? Or again, 'I will be His Father, and He will be My Son'?

  • Eph 2:18
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    18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

  • Heb 12:7
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    7If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16No longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the physical relationship and in the Lord.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  • Heb 12:9
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    9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

  • Eph 3:14
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    14For this reason, I kneel before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Rom 8:1
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    1So now, there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

  • Col 1:8
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    8and who has told us about your love in the Spirit.