| 12 | So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh -- |
| 13 | for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. |
| 14 | For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. |
| 15 | For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" |
| 16 | it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, |
| 17 | and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. |