Romans 8:14

New Century Version

The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them.

Cross References

Psalm 143:10

Teach me to do what you want, because you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Proverbs 8:20

I do what is right and follow the path of justice.

Hosea 1:10

“But the number of the Israelites will become like the grains of sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count. They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

Matthew 5:9

They are blessed who work for peace, for they will be called God’s children.

John 1:12

But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God.

Romans 8:19

Everything God made is waiting with excitement for God to show his children’s glory completely.

Romans 8:5

Those who live following their sinful selves think only about things that their sinful selves want. But those who live following the Spirit are thinking about the things the Spirit wants them to do.

Romans 8:9

But you are not ruled by your sinful selves. You are ruled by the Spirit, if that Spirit of God really lives in you. But the person who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Christ.

Romans 9:26

“They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”

Romans 9:8

This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those who become God’s children because of the promise God made to Abraham.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This means that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:5

God did this so he could buy freedom for those who were under the law and so we could become his children.

Galatians 4:6

Since you are God’s children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and the Spirit cries out, “Father.”

Galatians 5:16

So I tell you: Live by following the Spirit. Then you will not do what your sinful selves want.

Galatians 5:18

But if the Spirit is leading you, you are not under the law.

Ephesians 1:5

Because of his love, God had already decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,

Ephesians 5:9

Light brings every kind of goodness, right living, and truth.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 3:24

The people who obey God’s commands live in God, and God lives in them. We know that God lives in us because of the Spirit God gave us.

Revelation 21:7

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.