Romans 8:16

New Century Version

And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

Cross References

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.

Luke 20:36

In that life they are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from the dead.

John 1:12

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

Acts 5:32

We saw all these things happen. The Holy Spirit, whom God has given to all who obey him, also proves these things are true.”

Romans 8:14

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

Romans 8:19

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

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.

Romans 8:26

Also, the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us, even begs God for us with deep feelings that words cannot explain.

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 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say it with a clear conscience: In everything we have done in the world, and especially with you, we have had an honest and sincere heart from God. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

2 Corinthians 1:22

He put his mark on us to show that we are his, and he put his Spirit in our hearts to be a guarantee for all he has promised.

2 Corinthians 5:5

This is what God made us for, and he has given us the Spirit to be a guarantee for this new life.

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 4:6

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

Ephesians 1:13

So it is with you. When you heard the true teaching—the Good News about your salvation—you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put his special mark of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit that he had promised.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God’s proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, do not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

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 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God’s children.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 4:13

We know that we live in God and he lives in us, because he gave us his Spirit.

1 John 5:10

Anyone who believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. Anyone who does not believe makes God a liar, because that person does not believe what God told us about his Son.

Revelation 21:7

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