Romans 8:14-16

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¹⁴For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. ¹⁵For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba!^[a] Father!” ¹⁶it is that very Spirit bearing witness^[b] with our spirit that we are children of God,

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Romans 8:15 Aramaic for Father
Romans 8:16 Or ¹⁵a spirit of adoption, by which we cry, “Abba! Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit itself bears witness

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