The spirit of adoption (πνευμα υιοθεσιας). See on this term υιοθεσια, Galatians 4:5. Both Jews and Gentiles receive thi…

The spirit of bondage. The spirit that binds you; or the spirit of a slave, that produces only fear. The slave is under constant fear and …

Spirit of bondage. The Greek corresponds very closely to what we would naturally understand by the English phrase, “such a spirit …

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you h…

The Spirit’s ministry set forth in these verses may be thought of as his attestation, in which he confirms for believers the reality of their posit…

He now confirms the certainty of that confidence in which he has already instructed the faithful to rest secure; and he does this by mentioning the…

For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear

If the Spirit is in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has be…

After stating that the life of glory, which will exclude all mortality from our bodies, will be given to us through the Holy Spirit, the Apostle no…