Romans 8:15

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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.'

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  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
  • Heb 2:15 : 15 and might free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.' 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
  • Mark 14:36 : 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
  • 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.
  • 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been made perfect in love.
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I will give them within my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will never be cut off.'
  • 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.
  • Luke 22:42 : 42 He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done."
  • John 16:8 : 8 When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
  • Eph 1:11-14 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 so that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be to the praise of His glory. 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, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And 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.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, "What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!"
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 Then the whole crowd from the region of the Gadarenes begged Him to leave them, because they were overwhelmed with great fear. So He got into the boat and returned.
  • Heb 12:18-24 : 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is burning with fire, to darkness, gloom, and a storm, 19 to a trumpet blast or a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, 20 because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death." 21 The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear." 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 4:5-7
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    5to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

    6Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.'

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

  • Rom 8:16-17
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    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.

  • Rom 8:12-14
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    12So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to it.

    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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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.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

  • 1 John 3:1
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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.

  • 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 Cor 4:15
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    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.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 2 Tim 1:7
    69%

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

  • Heb 12:8-9
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    8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

    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!

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

  • Rom 9:8
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    8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

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

  • Rom 8:21
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    21that the creation itself will also be liberated from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4This was so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

    5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

    23But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.

  • 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.

  • 1 Thess 1:6
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the message in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

  • Gal 4:1-3
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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.

  • Rom 7:6
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    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

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

  • Rom 8:31
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    31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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

  • John 1:12
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    12Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 15:7
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    7Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us, to the glory of God.