Romans 8:9-17
9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact athe Spirit of God dwells in you. bAnyone who does not have cthe Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11If the Spirit of dhim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus ▼▼Some manuscripts lack Jesus
from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies fthrough his Spirit who dwells in you. Heirs with Christ
12So then, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
we are debtors, hnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you iput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14For all who are jled by the Spirit of God are ksons ▼▼See discussion on “sons” in the Preface
of God. 15For myou did not receive nthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of oadoption as sons, by whom we cry, p“Abba! Father!” 16 qThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17and if children, then rheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, sprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Galatians 4:5-6
5 tto redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive uadoption as sons. 6And because you are sons, God has sent vthe Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”1 John 4:13
13 wBy this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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