Romans 8:16 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on Romans 8:16

“The Spirit Itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” For it is not from the language merely, he says, that I make my assertion, but from the cause out of which the language has its birth; since it is from the Spirit suggesting it that we so speak. And this in another passage he has put into plainer words, thus: “God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba Father.” Galatians 4:6 And what is that, “Spirit bears witness…