Romans 8:15 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁵ The Spirit {\cf2\super [65]} that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we say, “Abba, {\cf2\super [66]} Father.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ You didn’t receive a spirit of slavery to lead you back again into fear, but you received a Spirit that shows you are adopted as his children. With this Spirit, we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: "Abba, Father!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba (Father).

Romans 8:15 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 20:19

Then the people said to Moses, “If you want to speak to us, then we will listen. But please don’t let God speak to us. If this happens, we will die.”

Jeremiah 3:19

“I, the Lord, said to myself,\par ‘I want to treat you like my own children.\par I want to give you a pleasant land,\par a land more beautiful\par than any other nation.’\par I thought that you would call me ‘Father.’\par I thought that you would always follow me.\par

Numbers 17:12

The people of Israel said to Moses, “We know that we will die! We are lost! We will all be destroyed!

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid. I went and hid your money in the ground. Here is the one bag of money you gave me.’

Mark 14:36

Jesus prayed, “Abba, {\cf2\super [206]} Father! You can do all things. Let me not have this cup {\cf2\super [207]} \{of suffering\}. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Luke 11:2

Jesus said to the followers, “When you pray, pray like this:

Luke 22:42

“Father, if it is what you want, then let me not have this cup {\cf2\super [358]} \{of suffering\}. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Luke 8:37

All the people asked Jesus to go away. They were afraid.

John 16:8

When the Helper comes, he will prove to the people of the world the truth about these things: about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me. I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers (followers) and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.’”

Acts 16:29

The jailer told someone to bring a light. Then he ran inside. He was shaking. He fell down in front of Paul and Silas.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, {\cf2\super [41]} “Brothers, what should we do?”

Romans 8:16

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

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit {\cf2\super [67]} as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.

Romans 8:26

Also, the Spirit {\cf2\super [68]} helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.

Romans 9:4

They are the people of Israel. {\cf2\super [73]} Those people (the Jews) are God’s chosen children. Those people have the glory of God and the agreements that God made between himself and his people. God gave them the law \{of Moses\} and the \{temple\} worship. And God gave his promises to those people (the Jews).

1 Corinthians 2:12

We did not receive the spirit of the world. But we received the Spirit that is from God. We received this Spirit so that we can know the things that God has given us.

2 Corinthians 11:4

You are very patient with any person who comes to you and tells you things about Jesus that are different from the things we told you. You are very willing to accept a spirit or a gospel that is different from the Spirit {\cf2\super [31]} and gospel {\cf2\super [32]} that you received from us. \{So you should be patient with me.\}

Galatians 5:1

We have freedom now. Christ made us free. So stand strong. Don’t change and go back into the slavery \{of law\}.

Ephesians 1:5

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what God wanted to do. That pleased him.

2 Timothy 1:7

The Spirit {\cf2\super [4]} God gave us does not make us afraid. He is our source of power and love and self control.

Hebrews 2:15

Jesus became like those people and died so that he could free them. They were like slaves all their lives because of their fear of death.

James 2:19

You believe there is one God. Good! But the demons {\cf2\super [9]} believe, too! And they shake with fear.

1 John 4:18

Where \{God’s\} love is, there is no fear. Why? Because God’s perfect love takes away fear. It is \{God’s\} punishment that makes a person fear. So \{God’s\} love is not made perfect in the person who has fear.