Bread of Life, the rejected self now unconditionally accepted, the whole person re-created! Romans 8 is another passage which deals with the problems inherent in both parts of the divided self. In verse 15 we read that we have “received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ ” The term Abba, which is not translated since it is Aramaic rather than Greek, was the small child’s word for “father.” It connotes intimacy and respect. Jesus used it in His prayer in Gethsemane (Mark 14:36).