15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.(A) Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption,(B) by whom we cry out, “Abba,[a] Father!” (C)

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  1. 8:15 Aramaic for father

15 The Spirit(A) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(B) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(C)

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  1. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  2. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father

to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.(A)

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to redeem(A) those under the law, that we might receive adoption(B) to sonship.[a](C)

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  1. Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

So you are no longer a slave(A) but a son,(B) and if a son, then God has made you an heir.(C)

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So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.(A)

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He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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he[a] predestined(A) us for adoption to sonship[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(C) and will—

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  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.