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

For God has not given us a spirit of fear,(A) but one of power,[a](B) love,(C) and sound judgment.

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  1. 1:7 Or For the Spirit God gave us does not make us fearful, but gives us power

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid,(A) but gives us power,(B) love and self-discipline.

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