Romans 8:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The spirit of bondage— What this is, the Apostle has plainly declared, Hebrews 2:15. Again, means, "Now again, under Christ; as the Jews did from Moses under the law." The word abba signifies father in the Jewish language, and the insertion of it beautifully represents the union of Jewish and Christian believers, in thosedevotionswhichwere dictated by a filial spirit, as well as the genuine experience of a child of God. See Locke, Doddridge, and Evans's Christian Temper, vol. 1: serm. 17, 18.