Romans 8:16

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

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  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 sealed us, and placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
  • 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,
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence. 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity, not relying on worldly wisdom but on God's grace.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  • 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.
  • Rom 8:26 : 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.

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  • Rom 8:13-15
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    13 For 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.

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

    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.'

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    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.

    18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

    19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for the revelation of the children of God.

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    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.

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

  • Rom 8:9-11
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    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.

    10 But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

    11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.

  • Rom 8:22-23
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    22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

    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.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says:

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    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 John 4:6
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    6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 See 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.

    2 Beloved, 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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    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.

    13 We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit—explaining spiritual truths to spiritual people.

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

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

  • 1 John 5:6-10
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    6 This is the One who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7 For there are three that testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

    8 And there are three that testify on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one.

    9 If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son.

    10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.

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

  • 1 John 4:2
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    2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10 Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1 So 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.

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

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4 You 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.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4 This 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.

    5 For 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.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19 By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

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

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

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5 Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31 So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

  • John 15:26
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22 sealed us, and placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

  • John 3:6
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    6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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

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