Romans 8:15

Weymouth NT

You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being –a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons– a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, »Abba! our Father!«

Cross References

Matthew 25:25

So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: there you have what belongs to you.'

Mark 14:36

and He said, »Abba! my Father! all things are possible for Thee: take this cup of suffering away from me: and yet not what I desire, but what Thou desirest.«

Luke 11:2

So He said to them, »When you pray, say, `Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;

Luke 22:42

»Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!«

Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, »What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you.«

Luke 8:37

Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

John 16:8

And He, when He comes, will convict the world in respect of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement; –

John 20:17

»Do not cling to me,« said Jesus, »for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'«

Acts 16:29

Then, calling for lights, he sprang in and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas;

Acts 2:37

Stung to the heart by these words, they said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles, »Brethren, what are we to do?«

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;

Romans 8:23

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

Romans 9:4

To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises.

1 Corinthians 2:12

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.

2 Corinthians 11:4

If indeed some visitor is proclaiming among you another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or if you are receiving a Spirit different from the One you have already received or a Good News different from that which you have already welcomed, your toleration is admirable!

Galatians 2:4

Yet there was danger of this through the false brethren secretly introduced into the Church, who had stolen in to spy out the freedom which is ours in Christ Jesus, in order to rob us of it.

Galatians 5:1

Christ having made us gloriously free–stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.

Ephesians 1:5

For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ –such being His gracious will and pleasure–

2 Timothy 1:7

For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

Hebrews 2:15

and might set at liberty all those who through fear of death had been subject to lifelong slavery.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one, and you are quite right: evil spirits also believe this, and shudder.«

1 John 4:18

Love has in it no element of fear; but perfect love drives away fear, because fear involves pain, and if a man gives way to fear, there is something imperfect in his love.