Romans 8:16

Weymouth NT

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:9

»Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.«

Luke 20:36

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

John 1:12

But all who have received Him, to them –that is, to those who trust in His name– He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

Acts 5:32

And we –and the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him– are witnesses as to these things.«

Romans 8:14

For those who are led by God's Spirit are, all of them, God's sons.

Romans 8:19

For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons 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 9:26

And in the place where it was said to them, `No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God.«

Romans 9:8

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For the reason for our boasting is this–the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.

2 Corinthians 1:22

and He has also set His seal upon us, and has put His Spirit into our hearts as a pledge and foretaste of future blessing.

2 Corinthians 5:5

And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all.«

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of His Son to enter your hearts and cry »Abba! our Father!«

Ephesians 1:13

And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message of the truth, the Good News of your salvation –having believed in Him– were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;

Ephesians 4:30

And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption.

1 John 3:1

See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us –that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us– because it has not known Him.

1 John 3:10

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

1 John 4:13

We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.

1 John 5:10

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in his own heart: he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, in that he has refused to accept the testimony which God has given about His Son.

Revelation 21:7

All this shall be the heritage of him who overcomes, and I will be his God and he shall be one of My sons.