Romans 8-10 (English Standard Version)

Romans 8

Life in the Spirit

 ¹There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^{[a] 2}For the law of^(A) the Spirit of life^(B) has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³For^(C) God has done what the law,^(D) weakened by the flesh,^(E) could not do.^(F) By sending his own Son^(G) in the likeness of sinful flesh and^(H) for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that^(I) the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,^(J) who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For^(K) those who live according to the flesh set their minds on^(L) the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on^(M) the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to set^(N) the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For the mind that is set on the flesh is^(O) hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law;^(P) indeed, it cannot. ⁸Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

 ⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact^(Q) the Spirit of God dwells in you.^(R) Anyone who does not have^(S) the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of^(T) him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(U) through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

 ¹²So then, brothers,^[d] we are debtors,^(V) not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you^(W) put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are^(X) led by the Spirit of God are^(Y) sons^[e] of God. ¹⁵For^(Z) you did not receive^(AA) the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of^(AB) adoption as sons, by whom we cry,^(AC) "Abba! Father!" ^16(AD) The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then^(AE) heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,^(AF) provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

 ¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time^(AG) are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for^(AH) the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation^(AI) was subjected to futility, not willingly, but^(AJ) because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that^(AK) the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that^(AL) the whole creation^(AM) has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have^(AN) the firstfruits of the Spirit,^(AO) groan inwardly as^(AP) we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,^(AQ) the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For^(AR) in this hope we were saved. Now^(AS) hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we^(AT) wait for it with patience.

 ²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For^(AU) we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but^(AV) the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷And^(AW) he who searches hearts knows what is^(AX) the mind of the Spirit, because^[f] the Spirit^(AY) intercedes for the saints^(AZ) according to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that for those who love God all things work together^(BA) for good,^[g] for^(BB) those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For those whom he^(BC) foreknew he also^(BD) predestined^(BE) to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be^(BF) the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also^(BG) justified, and those whom he justified he also^(BH) glorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

 ³¹What then shall we say to these things?^(BI) If God is for us, who can be^[h] against us? ^32(BJ) He who did not spare his own Son but^(BK) gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? ³³Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?^(BL) It is God who justifies. ^34(BM) Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—^(BN) who is at the right hand of God,^(BO) who indeed is interceding for us.^{[i] 35}Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written,

   ^(BP) "For your sake^(BQ) we are being killed all the day long;
   we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

 ³⁷No, in all these things we are more than^(BR) conquerors through^(BS) him who loved us. ³⁸For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9

God’s Sovereign Choice

 ^1(BT) I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— ²that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. ³For^(BU) I could wish that I myself were^(BV) accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers,^[j] my kinsmen^(BW) according to the flesh. ⁴They are^(BX) Israelites, and to them belong^(BY) the adoption,^(BZ) the glory,^(CA) the covenants,^(CB) the giving of the law,^(CC) the worship, and^(CD) the promises. ⁵To them belong^(CE) the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ^(CF) who is God over all,^(CG) blessed forever. Amen.

 ⁶But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, ⁷and not all are children of Abraham^(CH) because they are his offspring, but^(CI) "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named." ⁸This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but^(CJ) the children of the promise are counted as offspring. ⁹For this is what the promise said:^(CK) "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son." ¹⁰And not only so, but^(CL) also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, ¹¹though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of^(CM) him who calls— ¹²she was told,^(CN) "The older will serve the younger." ¹³As it is written,^(CO) "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

 ¹⁴What shall we say then?^(CP) Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! ¹⁵For he says to Moses,^(CQ) "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." ¹⁶So then it depends not on human will or exertion,^[k] but on God, who has mercy. ¹⁷For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,^(CR) "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth." ¹⁸So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

 ¹⁹You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For^(CS) who can resist his will?" ²⁰But who are you, O man,^(CT) to answer back to God?^(CU) Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" ^21(CV) Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump^(CW) one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? ²²What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience^(CX) vessels of wrath^(CY) prepared for destruction, ²³in order to make known^(CZ) the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he^(DA) has prepared beforehand for glory— ²⁴even us whom he^(DB) has called,^(DC) not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? ²⁵As indeed he says in Hosea,

   ^(DD) "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,'
   and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"
^26(DE) "And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,'
   there they will be called^(DF) 'sons of the living God.'"

 ²⁷And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:^(DG) "Though the number of the sons of Israel^[l] be as the sand of the sea,^(DH) only a remnant of them will be saved, ²⁸for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay." ²⁹And as Isaiah predicted,

   ^{(DI) (DJ)} "If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
   ^(DK) we would have been like Sodom
   and become like Gomorrah."

Israel’s Unbelief

 ³⁰What shall we say, then?^(DL) That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is,^(DM) a righteousness that is by faith; ³¹but that Israel^(DN) who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness^[m](DO) did not succeed in reaching that law. ³²Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the^(DP) stumbling stone, ³³as it is written,

   ^(DQ) "Behold, I am laying in Zion^(DR) a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
   ^(DS) and whoever believes in him will not be^(DT) put to shame."

Romans 10

 ¹Brothers,^[n] my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. ²For I bear them witness that^(DU) they have a zeal for God,^(DV) but not according to knowledge. ³For, being ignorant of^(DW) the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴For^(DX) Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.^[o]

The Message of Salvation to All

 ⁵For^(DY) Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that^(DZ) the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ⁶But^(EA) the righteousness based on faith says,^(EB) "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷or "'Who will descend into the^(EC) abyss?'" (that is,^(ED) to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say?^(EE) "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); ⁹because, if^(EF) you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and^(EG) believe in your heart^(EH) that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ¹¹For the Scripture says,^(EI) "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame." ^12(EJ) For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek;^(EK) for the same Lord is Lord of all,^(EL) bestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³For^(EM) "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

 ¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him^(EN) of whom they have never heard?^[p] And how are they to hear^(EO) without someone preaching? ¹⁵And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,^(EP) "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" ¹⁶But^(EQ) they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says,^(ER) "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?" ¹⁷So^(ES) faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

 ¹⁸But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for

   ^(ET) "Their voice has gone out^(EU) to all the earth,
   and their words to the ends of the world."

 ¹⁹But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,

   ^(EV) "I will^(EW) make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
   with a^(EX) foolish nation I will make you angry."

 ²⁰Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

   ^(EY) "I have been found by those who did not seek me;
   I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."

 ²¹But of Israel he says,^(EZ) "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."