Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

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3 songs meet this passage

  • “I'm no longer a slave to fear”

    No Longer Slaves (Live) · Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser

    resonates with Romans 8:15

    Paul directly contrasts a spirit of slavery to fear with the Spirit of adoption, the exact claim this chorus makes.

  • “Who makes the orphans a son and daughter?”

    This Is Amazing Grace · Phil Wickham

    resonates with Romans 8:15

    Speaks of adoption as sons, directly mirroring the song's image of orphans becoming children.

  • “That calls us sons and daughters”

    Thank You Jesus for the Blood · Charity Gayle

    resonates with Romans 8:15-17

    The song's language of adoption as sons and daughters reflects Paul's teaching on the Spirit of adoption.

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