Romans 8:15
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!”
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- Galatians 4:5–7 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as children. And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
- 2 Timothy 1:7 For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12 But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.