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Romans 8:8-25
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Romans 8:8-25
New International Version
8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(A) cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(B) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(C) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(D) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(E) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[a] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(F) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(G) because of[b] his Spirit who lives in you.
12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.(H) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(I) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(J) you will live.(K)
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(L) are the children of God.(M) 15 The Spirit(N) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(O) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[c] And by him we cry, “Abba,[d] Father.”(P) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(Q) that we are God’s children.(R) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(S)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(T) in order that we may also share in his glory.(U)
Present Suffering and Future Glory
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(V) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(W) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(X) in hope 21 that[e] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(Y) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(Z)
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(AA) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(AB) groan(AC) inwardly as we wait eagerly(AD) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(AE) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(AF) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(AG) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(AH)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
- Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
- Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
- Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
- Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
Kehillah in Rome 8:8-25
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Kehillah in Rome 8:8-25
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8 And those who are in the basar are not able to please Hashem.
9 However, you are not in the basar [i.e., unregenerate] but in the Ruach Hakodesh, assuming that the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem does indeed dwell in you—if anyone does not have the Ruach HaMoshiach, that person does not belong to Moshiach.
10 And if Moshiach is in you, the body (of the basar) is dead because of sin [5:12] but the Ruach [Hakodesh] is life for you because of Tzedek (righteousness [cf. Ro 5:18].
11 But if the Ruach Hakodesh of Him who gave Yehoshua Techiyah (Resurrection) from the Mesim dwells in you, He who raised Moshiach from the Mesim will give Chayyim to your mortal bodies as well, through His indwelling Ruach Hakodesh in you.
12 So then, Achim b’Moshiach, we are under no obligation to the basar to live in accordance with the basar.
13 For if you live in accordance with the basar (old fallen humanity under slave master Chet Kadmon) you will certainly die; but if by the Ruach Hakodesh you put to death the [shameful] acts of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Ruach HaElohim, they are bnei HaElohim.
15 For you did not receive a spirit of avdut, falling back into pachad (fear); but you received the Ruach of Mishpat HaBanim (Adoption), having Ma’amad HaBanim (the standing as Sons [9:4]), by which we cry, "Abba, Avinu"!
16 The Ruach Hakodesh himself bears eidus (witness) with our [regenerate, Yn 3:6] ruach that we are bnei HaElohim.
17 And if bnei HaElohim, then also yoreshim (heirs) of G-d and co-heirs (Ro 4:13) together with Moshiach, provided that we suffer with him in order that we might also be set in kavod (glory, eschatological glorification) with him.
18 For I reckon that the yisurim (suffering) of zman hazeh (of this present time) are not to be compared with the coming kavod (glory) to be revealed in us.
19 For the eager expectation of HaBri’ah (the Creation) awaits the heavenly hisgalus (revelation, unveiling) of the bnei HaElohim.
20 For HaBri’ah (the Creation) was subjected to hevel (futility), not willingly, but on account of Him who subjected it, in tikvah (hope),
21 Because HaBri’ah also itself will be set free from the avdut (slavery) of corruption into the deror (freedom YESHAYAH 61:1) of the kavod (glory) of the bnei HaElohim.
22 For we have da’as that the whole Bri’ah groans and suffers the chevlei leydah (pangs of childbirth) until now.
23 And not only so, but also we ourselves who have the bikkurim (first fruits) of the Ruach Hakodesh also groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting the Mishpat HaBanim Adoption, that is, the pedut geviyyateinu [ransom for Geulah redemption of our body BERESHIS 47:18] for the Techiyah from HaMesim. [See Ro 3:24-25; 9:4]
24 For in tikvah (hope) we were delivered in eschatological salvation. But tikvah (hope) which is seen is not tikvah, for who hopes for what he sees?
25 But if we have tikvah for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with zitzfleisch.
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