Romans 8:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The same Spirit agrees with our spirit, that we are God’s children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit, that we are the sons of God.

Romans 8:16 Cross References

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Sons of the living God.”

Matthew 5:9

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Luke 20:36

for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;

Acts 5:32

And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

Romans 8:14

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

Romans 8:19

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God;

Romans 8:23

and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.

Romans 9:26

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ”

Romans 9:8

This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 1:22

he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

2 Corinthians 5:5

He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Galatians 4:6

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

Ephesians 1:13

In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 4:13

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit.

1 John 5:10

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.

Revelation 21:7

He who conquers shall have this heritage, and I will be his God and he shall be my son.