Romans 8:15-17

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!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ — if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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3 songs meet this passage

  • “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.

  • “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.

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