Romans 8:15 Cross References

Romans 8:15

15: So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."

Galatians 4:5

  1. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.
  2. And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father.
  3. Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you.

2 Timothy 1:7

  1. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

1 Corinthians 2:12

  1. And God has actually given us his Spirit (not the world's spirit) so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

Romans 8:16

  1. For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.

Hebrews 2:15

  1. Only in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

Ephesians 1:5

  1. His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.

1 John 4:18

  1. Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

Isaiah 56:5

  1. I will give them--in my house, within my walls--a memorial and a name far greater than the honor they would have received by having sons and daughters. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear!

Jeremiah 3:19

  1. "I thought to myself, `I would love to treat you as my own children!' I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land--the finest inheritance in the world. I looked forward to your calling me `Father,' and I thought you would never turn away from me again.

Mark 14:36

  1. "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine."

Luke 11:2

  1. He said, "This is how you should pray: "Father, may your name be honored. May your Kingdom come soon.

Ephesians 1:11

  1. Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.
  2. God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God.
  3. And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
  4. The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.

Romans 8:23

  1. And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us.

John 20:17

  1. "Don't cling to me," Jesus said, "for I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God."

Hebrews 12:18

  1. You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai when God gave them his laws.
  2. For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice with a message so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.
  3. They staggered back under God's command: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."
  4. Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, "I am terrified and trembling."
  5. No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to thousands of angels in joyful assembly.

Luke 22:42

  1. "Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine."

John 16:8

  1. And when he comes, he will convince the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.

Exodus 20:19

  1. And they said to Moses, "You tell us what God says, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us. If he does, we will die!"

Luke 8:37

  1. And all the people in that region begged Jesus to go away and leave them alone, for a great wave of fear swept over them. So Jesus returned to the boat and left, crossing back to the other side of the lake.

Luke 8:28

  1. As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell to the ground before him, screaming, "Why are you bothering me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, I beg you, don't torture me!"

Numbers 17:12

  1. Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "We are as good as dead! We are ruined!

James 2:19

  1. Do you still think it's enough just to believe that there is one God? Well, even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror!

Acts 2:37

  1. Peter's words convicted them deeply, and they said to him and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?"

Acts 16:29

  1. Trembling with fear, the jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down before Paul and Silas.
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