Galatians 4:6

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Summary

Galatians 4:6

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

The spirit

Crying

General references

Galatians 3:26

Bible References

The spirit

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Attempting to see what sort of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when it gave witness to the pains which Christ would undergo and the glories which would come after them.

And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.

Crying

For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.

With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

General references

Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.