Rom 8:15-17, Gal 3:26-29, 4:5-7, Eph 2:13-22 | ESV | STEP | For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear , but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry , Abba ! Father !

Romans 8:15-17

15 For ^ayou did not receive ^bthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^cadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^d“Abba! Father!” 16 ^eThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then ^fheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^gprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Galatians 3:26-29

26 for in Christ Jesus ^hyou are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as ⁱwere baptized ^jinto Christ have ^kput on Christ. 28 ^lThere is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ^{▼▼Greek bondservant} nor free, ⁿthere is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And ^oif you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, ^pheirs according to promise.

Galatians 4:5-7

5 ^qto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive ^radoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent ^sthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then ^tan heir through God.

Ephesians 2:13-22

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^ufar off have been brought near ^vby the blood of Christ. 14 For ^whe himself is our peace, ^xwho has made us both one and has broken down ^yin his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^zordinances, that he might create in himself one ^aanew man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might ^abreconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and ^acpreached peace to you who were ^adfar off and peace to those who were ^aenear. 18 For ^afthrough him we both have ^agaccess in ^ahone Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer ^aistrangers and aliens, ^{▼▼Or sojourners} but you are ^akfellow citizens with the saints and ^almembers of the household of God, 20 ^ambuilt on the foundation of the ^anapostles and prophets, ^aoChrist Jesus himself being ^apthe cornerstone, 21 ^aqin whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^ara holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him ^asyou also are being built together ^atinto a dwelling place for God by ^{▼▼Or in} the Spirit.