Romans 8:15
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15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba![a] Father!”(A)
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- 8.15 Aramaic for Father
Galatians 4:5-7
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5 in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children.(A) 6 And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our[a] hearts, crying, “Abba![b] Father!”(B) 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God.[c]
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2 Timothy 1:7
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7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.(A)
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1 Corinthians 2:12
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12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.
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Romans 8:16
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16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[a] with our spirit that we are children of God,(A)
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. . . a spirit of adoption, by which we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit itself bears witness
Hebrews 2:15
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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(A)
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Ephesians 1:5
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5 He destined us[a] for adoption as his children[b] through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,(A)
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1 John 4:18
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18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
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Mark 14:36
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36 He said, “Abba,[a] Father, for you all things are possible; remove this cup from me, yet not what I want but what you want.”(A)
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Jeremiah 3:19
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19 I thought
how I would set you among my children
and give you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful heritage of all the nations.
And I thought you would call to me, “My Father,”
and would not turn from following me.(A)
Isaiah 56:5
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5 I will give, in my house and within my walls,
a monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.(A)
Romans 8:23
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23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.(A)
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Luke 11:2
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2 So he said to them, “When you pray, say:
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Ephesians 1:11-14
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11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,(A) 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;(B) 14 this[b] is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.(C)
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John 20:17
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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”(A)
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Luke 22:42
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42 “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done.”(A)
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Hebrews 12:18-24
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18 You have not come to something[a] that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,(A) 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.(B) 20 (For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.”(C) 21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”)(D) 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,(E) 23 and to the assembly[b] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(F) 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(G)
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John 16:8
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8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about[a] sin and righteousness and judgment:
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Luke 8:37
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37 Then the whole throng of people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes[a] asked Jesus[b] to leave them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.(A)
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Exodus 20:19
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19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”(A)
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James 2:19
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19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.(A)
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Acts 16:29
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29 The jailer[a] called for lights, and rushing in, he fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
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Acts 2:37
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37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[a] what should we do?”(A)
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- 2.37 Gk Men, brothers
Luke 8:28
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28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, shouting, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me,”(A)
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Numbers 17:12
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12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are perishing; we are lost; all of us are lost!
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