For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit (or, the Spirit) of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship (or, adoption). And by Him we cry, "Abba (Aramaic, Father), Father."

For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not as spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again with resulting fear, but you received the Spirit who places you as adult sons, by whom we cry out with deep emotion, Abba, [namely] Father.

Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear - you have been adopted into the very family circle of God and you can say with a full heart, "Father, my Father."

For you do not have a sense of servitude to fill you with dread again, but the consciousness of adopted sons by which we cry, "Abba," that is, "Father."

1. Abuse Under a Spiritual Father; Jim, a brother in Christ
2. 4. The Children of the Devil; The Sons of the Devil - Neil Girrard
3. False Prophets - Neil Girrard
4. Fearing Man; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
5. Spiritual Hosts of Wickedness in the Heavenly Places; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard

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