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ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:14-39
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14 ὅσοι γὰρ πνεύματι θεοῦ ἄγονται, οὗτοι [a]υἱοί εἰσιν θεοῦ. 15 οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον, ἀλλὰ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· Αββα ὁ πατήρ· 16 αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα συμμαρτυρεῖ τῷ πνεύματι ἡμῶν ὅτι ἐσμὲν τέκνα θεοῦ.

17 εἰ δὲ τέκνα, καὶ κληρονόμοι· κληρονόμοι μὲν θεοῦ, συγκληρονόμοι δὲ Χριστοῦ, εἴπερ συμπάσχομεν ἵνα καὶ συνδοξασθῶμεν.

18 Λογίζομαι γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἄξια τὰ παθήματα τοῦ νῦν καιροῦ πρὸς τὴν μέλλουσαν δόξαν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι εἰς ἡμᾶς. 19 ἡ γὰρ ἀποκαραδοκία τῆς κτίσεως τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεκδέχεται· 20 τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη, οὐχ ἑκοῦσα ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν ὑποτάξαντα, [b]ἐφ’ ἑλπίδι 21 ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ κτίσις ἐλευθερωθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τῆς δόξης τῶν τέκνων τοῦ θεοῦ. 22 οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις συστενάζει καὶ συνωδίνει ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν· 23 οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ [c]καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος ἔχοντες [d]ἡμεῖς καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς στενάζομεν, υἱοθεσίαν ἀπεκδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν. 24 τῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν· ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλπίς, ὃ γὰρ βλέπει [e]τίς ἐλπίζει; 25 εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ βλέπομεν ἐλπίζομεν, δι’ ὑπομονῆς ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.

26 Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα συναντιλαμβάνεται [f]τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ ἡμῶν· τὸ γὰρ τί [g]προσευξώμεθα καθὸ δεῖ οὐκ οἴδαμεν, ἀλλὰ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα [h]ὑπερεντυγχάνει στεναγμοῖς ἀλαλήτοις, 27 ὁ δὲ ἐραυνῶν τὰς καρδίας οἶδεν τί τὸ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος, ὅτι κατὰ θεὸν ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἁγίων.

28 Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσι τὸν θεὸν πάντα [i]συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν, τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν. 29 ὅτι οὓς προέγνω, καὶ προώρισεν συμμόρφους τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς· 30 οὓς δὲ προώρισεν, τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσεν· καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν· οὓς δὲ ἐδικαίωσεν, τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασεν.

31 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν πρὸς ταῦτα; εἰ ὁ θεὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, τίς καθ’ ἡμῶν; 32 ὅς γε τοῦ ἰδίου υἱοῦ οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν πάντων παρέδωκεν αὐτόν, πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ἡμῖν χαρίσεται; 33 τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ; θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν· 34 τίς ὁ [j]κατακρινῶν; [k]Χριστὸς ὁ ἀποθανών, μᾶλλον [l]δὲ [m]ἐγερθείς, ὅς [n]καί ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν· 35 τίς ἡμᾶς χωρίσει ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Χριστοῦ; θλῖψις ἢ στενοχωρία ἢ διωγμὸς ἢ λιμὸς ἢ γυμνότης ἢ κίνδυνος ἢ μάχαιρα; 36 καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Ἕνεκεν σοῦ θανατούμεθα ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς. 37 ἀλλ’ ἐν τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς. 38 πέπεισμαι γὰρ ὅτι οὔτε θάνατος οὔτε ζωὴ οὔτε ἄγγελοι οὔτε ἀρχαὶ οὔτε [o]ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα οὔτε δυνάμεις 39 οὔτε ὕψωμα οὔτε βάθος οὔτε τις κτίσις ἑτέρα δυνήσεται ἡμᾶς χωρίσαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.

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  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:14 υἱοί εἰσιν θεοῦ Treg ] υἱοὶ θεοῦ εἰσιν WH NIV; εἰσιν υἱοὶ θεοῦ RP
  2. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:20 ἐφ᾽ WH NIV ] ἐπ᾽ RP Treg
  3. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:23 καὶ αὐτοὶ WH Treg RP NA ] – NIV
  4. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:23 ἡμεῖς καὶ WH Treg NIV] καὶ ἡμεῖς RP
  5. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:24 τίς WH NIV ] + τί Treg; + τί καὶ RP
  6. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:26 τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ WH Treg NIV ] ταῖς ἀσθενείαις RP
  7. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:26 προσευξώμεθα WH Treg NIV ] προσευξόμεθα RP
  8. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:26 ὑπερεντυγχάνει WH Treg NIV ] + ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν RP
  9. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:28 συνεργεῖ Treg NIV RP ] + ὁ θεὸς WH
  10. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:34 κατακρινῶν WH NIV ] κατακρίνων Treg RP
  11. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:34 Χριστὸς Treg RP ] + Ἰησοῦς WH NIV
  12. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:34 δὲ WH Treg NIV ] + καὶ RP
  13. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:34 ἐγερθείς Treg NIV RP ] + ἐκ νεκρῶν WH
  14. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:34 καί Treg NIV RP ] – WH
  15. ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 8:38 ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα οὔτε δυνάμεις WH Treg NIV ] δυνάμεις οὔτε ἐνεστῶτα οὔτε μέλλοντα RP
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Romans 8:14-39
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, ‘Abba![a] Father!’ 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in[c] hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes[d] for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes[e] with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God,[f] who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit[g] intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.[h]

28 We know that all things work together for good[i] for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[j] 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

God’s Love in Christ Jesus

31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.[k] 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written,

‘For your sake we are being killed all day long;
    we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for Father
  2. Romans 8:16 Or 15 a spirit of adoption, by which we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ 16 The Spirit itself bears witness
  3. Romans 8:24 Or by
  4. Romans 8:24 Other ancient authorities read awaits
  5. Romans 8:26 Other ancient authorities add for us
  6. Romans 8:27 Gk the one
  7. Romans 8:27 Gk he or it
  8. Romans 8:27 Gk according to God
  9. Romans 8:28 Other ancient authorities read God makes all things work together for good, or in all things God works for good
  10. Romans 8:29 Gk among many brothers
  11. Romans 8:34 Or Is it Christ Jesus . . . for us?
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Romans 8:14-39
New International Version

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(A) are the children of God.(B) 15 The Spirit(C) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(D) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(E) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(F) that we are God’s children.(G) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(H)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(I) in order that we may also share in his glory.(J)

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.(K) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(L) 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,(M) in hope 21 that[c] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(N) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(O)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(P) 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,(Q) groan(R) inwardly as we wait eagerly(S) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(T) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(U) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(V) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(W)

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(X) himself intercedes for us(Y) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(Z) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(AA) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(AB) of those who love him, who[d] have been called(AC) according to his purpose.(AD) 29 For those God foreknew(AE) he also predestined(AF) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(AG) that he might be the firstborn(AH) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(AI) he also called;(AJ) those he called, he also justified;(AK) those he justified, he also glorified.(AL)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(AM) If God is for us,(AN) who can be against us?(AO) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(AP) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge(AQ) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(AR) No one. Christ Jesus who died(AS)—more than that, who was raised to life(AT)—is at the right hand of God(AU) and is also interceding for us.(AV) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(AW) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(AX) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[e](AY)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(AZ) through him who loved us.(BA) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[f] neither the present nor the future,(BB) nor any powers,(BC) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(BD) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(BE)

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  1. 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.
  2. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
  3. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
  4. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
  5. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  6. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
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Romans 8:14-39
Good News Translation

14 Those who are led by God's Spirit are God's children. 15 (A)For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!” 16 God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. 17 Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.

The Future Glory

18 (B)I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. 20 (C)For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope 21 that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 (D)But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and[a] set our whole being free. 24 For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

26 In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express. 27 And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.

28 We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him,[b] those whom he has called according to his purpose. 29 Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers. 30 And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

God's Love in Christ Jesus

31 In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things? 33 Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty! 34 Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us! 35 Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? 36 (E)As the scripture says,

“For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
    we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, 39 neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  1. Romans 8:23 Some manuscripts do not have make us his children and.
  2. Romans 8:28 in all things God works for good with those who love him; some manuscripts have all things work for good for those who love God.
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Romans 8:14-39
New Living Translation

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children[a] of God.

15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[b] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[c] 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

The Future Glory

18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,[d] including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope[e] for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers[f] in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[g] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[h] among many brothers and sisters. 30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[i]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[j] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:14 Greek sons; also in 8:19.
  2. 8:15a Greek you received a spirit of sonship.
  3. 8:15b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”
  4. 8:23 Greek wait anxiously for sonship.
  5. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait.
  6. 8:27 Greek for God’s holy people.
  7. 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
  8. 8:29 Or would be supreme.
  9. 8:36 Ps 44:22.
  10. 8:38 Greek nor rulers.
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