Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the
children of God. The Spirit of God is one witness to the fact. Our
spirit is a corroborative witness. How do each bear witness? (1)
Witness is usually borne in words, but not always. God's Spirit bears
witness in words. See Hebrews 10:15. The Holy Spirit shows us how we
must become God's children, and how to continue the Christian life. (2)
It bears testimony in our lives by its fruits (Matthew 7:16). Do we bear
the fruit of the Spirit? See Galatians 5:22. (3) Does our own spirit
testify that we "mind the things of the Spirit"? (Romans 8:5). Does our
consciousness recognize its fruits, inward as well as outward? If the
testimony of our spirit is that what God's Spirit witnesseth of the
sons of God is true of us, then they concur in the testimony that we
are the children of God.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 8:44
Romans 8:16
Romans 8:17
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