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Romans 8
New Living Translation

Life in the Spirit

8 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power[a] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[b] from the power of sin that leads to death. 3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.[c] So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life[d] because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,[e] you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,[f] you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children[g] 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.[h] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[i] 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,[j] 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[k] 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[l] in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[m] 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[n] 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.”[o]) 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,[p] 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.

Footnotes

  1. 8:2a Greek the law; also in 8:2b.
  2. 8:2b Some manuscripts read me.
  3. 8:3 Greek our flesh; similarly in 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.
  4. 8:10 Or your spirit is alive.
  5. 8:12 Greek brothers; also in 8:29.
  6. 8:13 Greek deeds of the body.
  7. 8:14 Greek sons; also in 8:19.
  8. 8:15a Greek you received a spirit of sonship.
  9. 8:15b Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”
  10. 8:23 Greek wait anxiously for sonship.
  11. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait.
  12. 8:27 Greek for God’s holy people.
  13. 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
  14. 8:29 Or would be supreme.
  15. 8:36 Ps 44:22.
  16. 8:38 Greek nor rulers.
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Romans 8
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Free from Indwelling Sin

8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, (A)who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For (B)the law of (C)the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from (D)the law of sin and death. 3 For (E)what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, (F)God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who (G)do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For (H)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, (I)the things of the Spirit. 6 For (J)to be [b]carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because (K)the [c]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, (L)nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of (M)Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, (N)He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [d]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Sonship Through the Spirit

12 (O)Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For (P)if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you (Q)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For (R)as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For (S)you did not receive the spirit of bondage again (T)to fear, but you received the (U)Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, (V)“Abba,[e] Father.” 16 (W)The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (X)heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, (Y)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

From Suffering to Glory

18 For I consider that (Z)the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For (AA)the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For (AB)the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of [f]corruption into the glorious (AC)liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation (AD)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have (AE)the firstfruits of the Spirit, (AF)even we ourselves groan (AG)within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the (AH)redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but (AI)hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For (AJ)we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but (AK)the Spirit Himself makes intercession [g]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now (AL)He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints (AM)according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those (AN)who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom (AO)He foreknew, (AP)He also predestined (AQ)to be conformed to the image of His Son, (AR)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also (AS)called; whom He called, these He also (AT)justified; and whom He justified, these He also (AU)glorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (AV)If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 (AW)He who did not spare His own Son, but (AX)delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (AY)It is God who justifies. 34 (AZ)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, (BA)who is even at the right hand of God, (BB)who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

(BC)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 (BD)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor (BE)principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:1 NU omits the rest of v. 1.
  2. Romans 8:6 fleshly
  3. Romans 8:7 fleshly
  4. Romans 8:11 Or because of
  5. Romans 8:15 Lit., in Aram., Father
  6. Romans 8:21 decay
  7. Romans 8:26 NU omits for us
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Das neue Leben im Geist

8 So gibt es jetzt keine Verdammnis[a] mehr für die, welche in Christus Jesus sind, die nicht gemäß dem Fleisch[b] wandeln, sondern gemäß dem Geist[c].

2 Denn das Gesetz des Geistes des Lebens in Christus Jesus hat mich frei gemacht von dem Gesetz der Sünde und des Todes.

3 Denn was dem Gesetz unmöglich war — weil es durch das Fleisch kraftlos war —, das tat Gott, indem er seinen Sohn sandte in der gleichen Gestalt wie das Fleisch der Sünde[d] und um der Sünde willen und die Sünde im Fleisch verurteilte,

4 damit die vom Gesetz geforderte Gerechtigkeit in uns erfüllt würde, die wir nicht gemäß dem Fleisch wandeln, sondern gemäß dem Geist.

5 Denn diejenigen, die gemäß [der Wesensart] des Fleisches sind, trachten nach dem, was dem Fleisch entspricht; diejenigen aber, die gemäß [der Wesensart] des Geistes sind, [trachten] nach dem, was dem Geist entspricht.[e]

6 Denn das Trachten des Fleisches ist Tod, das Trachten des Geistes aber Leben und Frieden,

7 weil nämlich das Trachten des Fleisches Feindschaft gegen Gott ist; denn es unterwirft sich dem Gesetz Gottes nicht, und kann es auch nicht;

8 und die im Fleisch sind, können Gott nicht gefallen.

9 Ihr aber seid nicht im Fleisch, sondern im Geist, wenn wirklich Gottes Geist in euch wohnt;[f] wer aber den Geist des Christus nicht hat, der ist nicht sein[g].

10 Wenn aber Christus in euch ist, so ist der Leib zwar tot um der Sünde willen, der Geist aber ist Leben um der Gerechtigkeit willen.

11 Wenn aber der Geist dessen, der Jesus aus den Toten auferweckt hat, in euch wohnt, so wird derselbe, der Christus aus den Toten auferweckt hat, auch eure sterblichen Leiber lebendig machen durch seinen Geist, der in euch wohnt.

12 So sind wir also, ihr Brüder, dem Fleisch nicht verpflichtet, gemäß dem Fleisch zu leben!

13 Denn wenn ihr gemäß dem Fleisch lebt, so müsst ihr sterben; wenn ihr aber durch den Geist die Taten des Leibes tötet, so werdet ihr leben.

14 Denn alle, die durch den Geist Gottes geleitet werden, die sind Söhne Gottes[h].

15 Denn ihr habt nicht einen Geist der Knechtschaft empfangen, dass ihr euch wiederum fürchten müsstet, sondern ihr habt den Geist der Sohnschaft[i] empfangen, in dem wir rufen: Abba, Vater!

16 Der Geist selbst gibt Zeugnis zusammen mit unserem Geist, dass wir Gottes Kinder sind.

17 Wenn wir aber Kinder sind, so sind wir auch Erben, nämlich Erben Gottes und Miterben des Christus; wenn wir wirklich mit ihm leiden, damit wir auch mit ihm verherrlicht werden.

Die Hoffnung der kommenden Herrlichkeit

18 Denn ich bin überzeugt, dass die Leiden der jetzigen Zeit nicht ins Gewicht fallen gegenüber der Herrlichkeit, die an uns geoffenbart werden soll.

19 Denn die gespannte Erwartung der Schöpfung sehnt die Offenbarung der Söhne Gottes herbei.

20 Die Schöpfung ist nämlich der Vergänglichkeit unterworfen, nicht freiwillig, sondern durch den, der sie unterworfen hat, auf Hoffnung hin,

21 dass auch die Schöpfung selbst befreit werden soll von der Knechtschaft der Sterblichkeit zur Freiheit der Herrlichkeit der Kinder Gottes.

22 Denn wir wissen, dass die ganze Schöpfung mitseufzt und mit in Wehen liegt bis jetzt;

23 und nicht nur sie, sondern auch wir selbst, die wir die Erstlingsgabe des Geistes haben, auch wir erwarten seufzend die Sohnesstellung, die Erlösung unseres Leibes.

24 Denn auf Hoffnung hin sind wir errettet worden. Eine Hoffnung aber, die man sieht, ist keine Hoffnung; denn warum hofft auch jemand auf das, was er sieht?

25 Wenn wir aber auf das hoffen, was wir nicht sehen, so erwarten wir es mit standhaftem Ausharren[j].

26 Ebenso kommt aber auch der Geist unseren Schwachheiten zu Hilfe. Denn wir wissen nicht, was wir beten sollen, wie sich"s gebührt; aber der Geist selbst tritt für uns ein mit unaussprechlichen Seufzern.

27 Der aber die Herzen erforscht, weiß, was das Trachten des Geistes ist; denn er tritt so für die Heiligen ein, wie es Gott entspricht.[k]

Die Zuversicht der Auserwählten Gottes

28 Wir wissen aber, dass denen, die Gott lieben, alle Dinge zum Besten dienen,[l] denen, die nach dem Vorsatz[m] berufen sind.

29 Denn die er zuvor ersehen[n] hat, die hat er auch vorherbestimmt, dem Ebenbild seines Sohnes gleichgestaltet zu werden, damit er der Erstgeborene sei unter vielen Brüdern.

30 Die er aber vorherbestimmt hat, die hat er auch berufen, die er aber berufen hat, die hat er auch gerechtfertigt, die er aber gerechtfertigt hat, die hat er auch verherrlicht.

31 Was wollen wir nun hierzu sagen? Ist Gott für uns, wer kann gegen uns sein?

32 Er, der sogar seinen eigenen Sohn nicht verschont hat, sondern ihn für uns alle dahingegeben hat, wie sollte er uns mit ihm nicht auch alles schenken[o]?

33 Wer will gegen die Auserwählten Gottes Anklage erheben? Gott [ist es doch], der rechtfertigt!

34 Wer will verurteilen? Christus [ist es doch], der gestorben ist, ja mehr noch, der auch auferweckt ist, der auch zur Rechten Gottes ist, der auch für uns eintritt!

35 Wer will uns scheiden von der Liebe des Christus? Drangsal oder Angst oder Verfolgung oder Hunger oder Blöße oder Gefahr oder Schwert?

36 Wie geschrieben steht: »Um deinetwillen werden wir getötet den ganzen Tag; wie Schlachtschafe sind wir geachtet!«[p]

37 Aber in dem allem überwinden wir weit durch den, der uns geliebt hat.

38 Denn ich bin gewiss, dass weder Tod noch Leben, weder Engel noch Fürstentümer noch Gewalten, weder Gegenwärtiges noch Zukünftiges,

39 weder Hohes noch Tiefes noch irgendein anderes Geschöpf uns zu scheiden vermag von der Liebe Gottes, die in Christus Jesus ist, unserem Herrn.

Footnotes

  1. (8,1) d.h. Verurteilung durch Gottes Gericht.
  2. (8,1) od. nach / entsprechend dem Fleisch (gr. kata), so auch im folgenden Abschnitt. »Fleisch« bezeichnet den Leib des Menschen, seine sterblich-leibliche Existenz auf Erden und die damit verbundene sündige Haltung und Wesensart. »Gemäß dem Fleisch« bedeutet: bestimmt von der Sündennatur, gemäß der Wesensart des sündigen Menschen. Mit »Geist« ist der Geist Gottes gemeint, den der Gläubige empfängt und unter dessen Herrschaft er lebt; sein Leben wird bestimmt vom Geist Gottes und nicht mehr vom Fleisch.
  3. (8,1) Mit »Geist« ist der Geist Gottes gemeint, unter dessen Herrschaft und Leitung der Gläubige grundsätzlich und in Gottes Sicht lebt (vgl. Joh 3,5-6; Röm 8,8-9). Er ist »im Geist« und wandelt »gemäß dem Geist«, auch wenn er manchmal noch »fleischlich« handeln kann (vgl. 1Kor 3,1-4).
  4. (8,3) od. in Ähnlichkeit / Gleichgestalt des sündlichen Fleisches. Christus wurde Mensch und kam im Fleisch, in der gleichen Gestalt wie die sündigen Menschen, aber er hatte nicht die Sündennatur der Menschen (vgl. Hebr 2,14-18; 4,15; 1Pt 2,22-25; 3,18; Hebr 7,26-28).
  5. (8,5) w. was des Fleisches … des Geistes ist; d.h. diejenigen, die nach der Art des Fleisches, unter der Herrschaft des Fleisches existieren und leben, d.h. die nicht wiedergeborenen natürlichen Menschen, haben nur im Sinn, was ihrer gefallenen Sündennatur entspricht; diejenigen aber, die nach der Art und unter der Herrschaft des Geistes Gottes existieren bzw. leben, d.h. die wiedergeborenen Kinder Gottes, trachten nach dem, was dem Geist Gottes entspricht.
  6. (8,9) d.h. der wiedergeborene Gläubige ist nicht mehr im Zustand des sündigen, von Gott getrennten natürlichen Menschen; auch wenn sein »Fleisch« noch weiter besteht, steht er vor Gott doch als einer, der »im Geist« ist, geheiligt und erneuert durch den Heiligen Geist, unter dessen Herrschaft er steht.
  7. (8,9) od. der gehört ihm nicht an.
  8. (8,14) Hier ist die Sohnesstellung vor Gott in Christus gemeint, an der alle Gläubigen unabhängig von ihrem leiblichen Geschlecht teilhaben (vgl. V. 15; Gal 3,26-28).
  9. (8,15) d.h. den Geist Gottes, der die Sohnesstellung bzw. Annahme an Sohnes statt bewirkt.
  10. (8,25) od. Geduld, »Darunterbleiben«.
  11. (8,27) od. wie es Gott angemessen ist; w. Gott gemäß.
  12. (8,28) w. zum Guten zusammenwirken.
  13. (8,28) d.h. gemäß dem im Voraus gefassten Beschluss oder der Absicht Gottes.
  14. (8,29) od. zuvor erkannt.
  15. (8,32) w. aus Gnade schenken; das Wort ist mit dem gr. Wort für Gnade verwandt.
  16. (8,36) Ps 44,23.
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Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) 2 because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(I) to be a sin offering.[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(L)

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(M) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(N) 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death,(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(P) and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(R) cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(S) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(T) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(U) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(V) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[d] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(W) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(X) because of[e] 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.(Y) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(Z) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(AA) you will live.(AB)

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(AC) are the children of God.(AD) 15 The Spirit(AE) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(AF) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”(AG) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(AH) that we are God’s children.(AI) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(AJ)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(AK) in order that we may also share in his glory.(AL)

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.(AM) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(AN) 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,(AO) in hope 21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(AP) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(AQ)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(AR) 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,(AS) groan(AT) inwardly as we wait eagerly(AU) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(AV) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(AW) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(AX) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(AY)

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(AZ) himself intercedes for us(BA) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(BB) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(BC) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(BD) of those who love him, who[i] have been called(BE) according to his purpose.(BF) 29 For those God foreknew(BG) he also predestined(BH) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(BI) that he might be the firstborn(BJ) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(BK) he also called;(BL) those he called, he also justified;(BM) those he justified, he also glorified.(BN)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(BO) If God is for us,(BP) who can be against us?(BQ) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(BR) 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(BS) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(BT) No one. Christ Jesus who died(BU)—more than that, who was raised to life(BV)—is at the right hand of God(BW) and is also interceding for us.(BX) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(BY) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(BZ) 36 As it is written:

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

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

Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
  4. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
  5. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
  6. 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.
  7. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
  8. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
  9. 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
  10. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  11. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
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