Romans 8:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Cross References

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Luke 20:36

They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise.

John 1:12

But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

Acts 5:32

We are witnesses of these things, as is the holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey him.”

Romans 8:14

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Romans 8:19

For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God;

Romans 8:23

and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.

Romans 9:26

And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children 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 counted as descendants.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with the simplicity and sincerity of God, [and] not by human wisdom but by the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 1:22

he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. Paul’s Change of Plan.

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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

Galatians 3:26

For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6

As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “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, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are children of the Lord, your God. You shall not gash yourselves nor shave the hair above your foreheads for the dead.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 4:13

This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.

Revelation 21:7

The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.