Romans 8:16

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The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, 20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • 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 Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
  • Rom 8:26 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible 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.

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

    15For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.”

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    17And if children, then heirs(namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

    18For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be revealed to us.

    19For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    5to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

    6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”

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

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9-11
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    9You, however, 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, this person does not belong to him.

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

    11Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

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

    23Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

    27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

    2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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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 know the things that are freely given to us by God.

    13And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

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

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

  • 1 John 5:6-10
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    6Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three that testify,

    8the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.

    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

    10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

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

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

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4You are from God, little children, and have conquered 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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    4so that the righteous requirement of the law may 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 have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

  • Gal 4:28
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    28But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.

  • Gal 3:7
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    7so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

  • John 15:26
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    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

  • 2 Cor 1:22
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    22who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

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

  • Col 1:8
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    8who also told us of your love in the Spirit.