Romans 8:16

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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

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  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed for the day of redemption.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
  • Rom 8:26 : 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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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 as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

    15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

    18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

    19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

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

    6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'

    7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because 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 dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

    10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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

  • Rom 8:22-23
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    22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

    23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

    27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who 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 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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    12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

    13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

  • 1 John 5:6-10
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    6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

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

    8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree as one.

    9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater, for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.

    10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as He did to us;

  • Rom 8:31
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    31 What then shall we say 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 that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

    2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made 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 have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4 That the righteousness 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, the things of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

  • John 15:26
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    26 But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22 Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

  • John 3:6
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    6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • Col 1:8
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    8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

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