The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought you into adoption as sons, so that we cry, 'Abba, Father.' — The λαμβάνω (lambanō, "receive") of the πνεῦμα (pneuma, "Spirit") liberates from δουλεία (douleia, "slavery") and φόβος (phobos, "fear"). Instead, the Spirit grants υἱοθεσία (hyiothesia, "adoption")—not natural birth but legal and relational positioning as τέκνα (tekna, "children"). The cry ἀββα, ὁ πατήρ (abba, ho patēr, "Abba, Father") is the Aramaic term of intimate filial address, the trademark of Jesus' own relation to God now extended to believers through the Spirit.

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