Romans 8:15

World English Bible (2000)

For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

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  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
  • Heb 2:15 : 15 and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
  • 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
  • Gal 4:5-7 : 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. 6 And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!" 7 So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
  • Mark 14:36 : 36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire."
  • Luke 11:2 : 2 He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May 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 casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'
  • Luke 22:42 : 42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
  • John 16:8 : 8 When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my 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 whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will; 12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ: 13 in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
  • Luke 8:28 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
  • Luke 8:37 : 37 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
  • Heb 12:18-24 : 18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, 19 the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, 20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;" 21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling." 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels, 23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

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    16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

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    12So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

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

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