¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor^[a](A) to be with you for ever.

¹⁵ For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.^(A) Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption,^(B) by whom we cry out, ‘Abba,^[a] Father! ’^{(C) 16} The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit^(D) that we are God’s children,

¹⁸ Pray^(A) at all times in the Spirit^(B) with every prayer and request, and stay alert^(C) with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.