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Romans 8:9-25
New American Standard Bible
Romans 8:9-25
New American Standard Bible
9 However, you are not (A)in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God (B)dwells in you. But (C)if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 (D)If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is [a]alive because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who (E)raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, (F)He who raised (G)Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [b]through His Spirit who dwells in you.
12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for (H)if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are (I)putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are (J)being led by the Spirit of God, these are (K)sons and daughters of God. 15 For you (L)have not received a spirit of slavery [c]leading to fear again, but you (M)have received [d]a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “(N)Abba! [e]Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself (O)testifies with our spirit that we are (P)children of God, 17 and if children, (Q)heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (R)if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (S)are not worthy to be compared with the (T)glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the (U)eagerly awaiting creation waits for (V)the revealing of the (W)sons and daughters of God. 20 For the creation (X)was subjected to (Y)futility, not willingly, but (Z)because of Him who subjected it, [f]in hope 21 that (AA)the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation (AB)groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 (AC)And not only that, but also we ourselves, having (AD)the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves (AE)groan within ourselves, (AF)waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons and daughters, (AG)the redemption of our body. 24 For (AH)in hope we have been saved, but (AI)hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? 25 But (AJ)if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
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- Romans 8:10 Lit life
- Romans 8:11 One early ms because of
- Romans 8:15 Lit for fear again
- Romans 8:15 Or the Spirit
- Romans 8:15 Gr translation of the Aramaic Abba provided by Paul
- Romans 8:20 Or in hope; because the creation
Romans 8:9-25
New International Version
Romans 8:9-25
New International Version
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(A) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(B) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(C) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(D) 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(E) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(F) 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.(G) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(H) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(I) you will live.(J)
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(K) are the children of God.(L) 15 The Spirit(M) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(N) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[c] And by him we cry, “Abba,[d] Father.”(O) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(P) that we are God’s children.(Q) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(R)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(S) in order that we may also share in his glory.(T)
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.(U) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(V) 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,(W) in hope 21 that[e] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(X) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(Y)
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(Z) 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,(AA) groan(AB) inwardly as we wait eagerly(AC) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(AD) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(AE) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(AF) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(AG)
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
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