Romans 8:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 Gospel 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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  • Rom 8:13-15
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    13 For 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.

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

    15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba{Abba is a Chaldee word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}! 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 with him.

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

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

  • Gal 4:5-7
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    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,{Abba is a Greek spelling for the Chaldee word for "Father" or "Daddy" used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.} Father!"

    7 So 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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    13 By 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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    9 But 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.

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

    11 But 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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    22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

    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.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

  • Rom 8:26-27
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    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.

    27 He 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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    6 We 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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    1 Behold, 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.

    2 Beloved, 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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    26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 2:12-13
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    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.

    13 Which 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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    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, 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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    6 This 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.

    7 For there are three who testify{Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth"}:

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

    9 If 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.

    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.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Rom 8:31
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    31 What 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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    2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10 But 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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    1 There 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.

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

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4 You 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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    4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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 persuade our hearts before him,

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now we, brothers, 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 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 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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    31 So 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{Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.} 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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    22 who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

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