Romans 8:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God's Spirit makes us sure that we are his children.

Cross References

Hosea 1:10

Some day it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People”, but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God”.

Matthew 5:9

God blesses those people who make peace. They will be called his children!

Luke 20:36

or die. They will be like the angels and will be God's children, because they have been raised to life.

John 1:12

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

Acts 5:32

We are here to tell you about all this, and so is the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to everyone who obeys God.

Romans 8:14

Only those people who are led by God's Spirit are his children.

Romans 8:19

In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are.

Romans 8:23

The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free.

Romans 8:26

In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words.

Romans 9:26

“Once they were told, ‘You are not my people.’ But in that very place they will be called children of the living God.”

2 Corinthians 1:12

We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God's wonderful kindness instead of by the wisdom of this world.

2 Corinthians 1:22

and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him.

2 Corinthians 5:5

God is the one who makes all this possible. He has given us his Spirit to make us certain that he will do it.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and be your Father. You will be my sons and my daughters, as surely as I am God, the All-Powerful.”

Galatians 3:26

All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.

Ephesians 1:13

Christ also brought you the truth, which is the good news about how you can be saved. You put your faith in Christ and were given the promised Holy Spirit to show that you belong to God.

Ephesians 4:30

Don't make God's Spirit sad. The Spirit makes you sure that some day you will be free from your sins.

Deuteronomy 14:1

People of Israel, you are the LORD's children, so when you mourn for the dead, you must not cut yourselves or shave your forehead.

1 John 3:1

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know that when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 4:13

God has given us his Spirit. That is how we know that we are one with him, just as he is one with us.

1 John 5:10

If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar.

Revelation 21:7

All who win the victory will be given these blessings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.