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Romans 8:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.(A)

Children of God Through Adoption.[a] 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.(B) 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba,[b] Father!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:14–17 Christians, by reason of the Spirit’s presence within them, enjoy not only new life but also a new relationship to God, that of adopted children and heirs through Christ, whose sufferings and glory they share.
  2. 8:15 Abba: see note on Mk 14:36.
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