Romans

Romans 8:15

15For 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!”

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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ForγὰρgarConjunctionG1063 for
you did not receiveἐλάβετεelabeteVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralG2983 I receive, take
a spiritπνεῦμαpneumaNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularG4151 wind, breath, spirit
of slaveryδουλείαςdouleiasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1397 slavery, bondage
that returns youπάλινpalinAdverbG3825 again, further, on the other hand
toεἰςeisPrepositionG1519 into, in, among, till, for
fearφόβονphobonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG5401 fear, terror, reverence
butἀλλὰallaConjunctionG235 but, except
you receivedἐλάβετεelabeteVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralG2983 I receive, take
SpiritπνεῦμαpneumaNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularG4151 wind, breath, spirit
of adoption to sonshipυἱοθεσίαςhuiothesiasNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG5206 adoption
byἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
whomᾧhōPersonal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter SingularG3739 who, which, what, that
we cryκράζομενkrazomenVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralG2896 I cry aloud, shriek
AbbaἈββᾶAbbaNoun - Vocative Masculine SingularG5 Father
FatherΠατήρPatērNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG3962 father, Father, ancestor

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2 Timothy 1:7 · Galatians 4:5–7 · 1 Corinthians 2:12 · Romans 8:16 · Ephesians 1:5 · Hebrews 2:15 · Mark 14:36 · 1 John 4:18 · Isaiah 56:5 · Jeremiah 3:19 · Luke 11:2 · Romans 8:23

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