Romans 8:15
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- ASV
- For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- DARBY
- For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- BLB
- For you⁺ did not receive a spirit of slavery again unto fear, but you⁺ received the Spirit of adoption as sons, in whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- ÅB
- Dere fikk jo ikke slavenes ånd, så dere skulle frykte igjen. Men dere fikk Ånden som tilhører Guds barn, som lar oss rope: «Abba, Far!»
- OTB
- For dere har ikke mottatt en trelldoms ånd som fører til frykt igjen, men dere har mottatt en ånd av adopsjon som sønner og døtre ved hvilken vi roper: "Abba, Far."
- B1930
- I fikk jo ikke trældommens ånd, så I atter skulde frykte, men I fikk barnekårets Ånd, ved hvilken vi roper: Abba, Fader!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Read in contextGalatians 4:5–7
To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Read in contextRomans 8:16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Read in contextEphesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Read in contextHebrews 2:15
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Read in contextMark 14:36
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Read in context1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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