Romans 8:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Cross References

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”

Isaiah 56:5

I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off.

Jeremiah 3:19

“ ‘I thought how I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beauteous of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.

Numbers 17:12

And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

Matthew 25:25

so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’

Mark 14:36

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt.”

Luke 11:2

And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

Luke 22:42

“Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me.”

Luke 8:37

Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned.

John 16:8

And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

Acts 16:29

And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”

Romans 8:16

it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children 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 9:4

They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

2 Corinthians 11:4

For if some one comes and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you submit to it readily enough.

Galatians 2:4

But because of false brethren secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage—

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Ephesians 1:5

He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

2 Timothy 1:7

for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

Hebrews 2:15

and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.