Romans 8:16

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
  • Eph 1:13 : 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,
  • 1 John 3:19-22 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  • 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.
  • Rom 8:26 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.

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    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.

    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

    15For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage 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; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

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

    19For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

    6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"

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

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9-11
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

    10If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus 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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    22For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

    23Not 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.

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    15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.

    27He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't 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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    1Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

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

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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    12But 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.

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

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

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

  • 1 John 5:6-10
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    6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three who testify:

    8the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

    9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

    10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

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    8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

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

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    2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

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    10But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

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

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

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    4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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, the things of the Spirit.

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    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

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

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

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2By 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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    5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

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

  • John 15:26
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    26"When the Counselor has come, 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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    22who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

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

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