33 Truths at Salvation for Every Believer
Key Verse: Romans 8:15 · NASB1995
Key Verse
“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!””
Romans 8:15Adoption in the ancient world gave a person all the legal rights of a natural-born son. God didn’t just save you from something — He placed you into His own family as a full heir.
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“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, 'Abba! Father!'”
Romans 8:15 · NASB1995“And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.”
Romans 8:23 · NASB1995Romans 8:15 says you “have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’” — the fear of a stranger is gone, replaced by the confidence of a child. Romans 8:23 looks ahead to the completion of that adoption, “the redemption of our body,” showing this isn’t just a legal technicality but a relationship still unfolding toward its full inheritance.
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Read Romans 8 · NASB95 on Blue Letter BibleAdapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).
Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.