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13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,[a] you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children[b] of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[c] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:13 Greek deeds of the body.
  2. 8:14 Greek sons; also in 8:19.
  3. 8:15a Greek you received a spirit of sonship.
  4. 8:15b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”

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