Galatians 4:6

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“And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!””

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“And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

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“and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 4:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  2. Jeremiah 3:4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
  3. Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
  4. Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
  5. Luke 11:2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
  6. Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
  7. John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  8. John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
  9. John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
  10. John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
  11. John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
  12. Acts 16:7And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
  13. Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  14. Romans 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  15. Romans 8:15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
  16. Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
  17. 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
  18. 2 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
  19. 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  20. Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
  21. Ephesians 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  22. Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  23. Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
  24. Philippians 1:19because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.

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