Romerne 8
En Levende Bok
Guds Ånd gir frihet
8 De menneskene som lever i fellesskap med Jesus Kristus, blir ikke dømt av Gud til å dø. 2 Kraften i Guds Ånd, som gir oss liv i fellesskap med Jesus Kristus, har gjort oss[a] fri fra syndens lov som fører meg i døden. 3 Loven Gud ga oss gjennom Moses[b], kunne ikke frelse oss fra synden på grunn av vår menneskelige natur. Gud måtte selv gripe inn. Han sendte sin egen Sønn og lot ham bli som et syndig menneske. Det gjorde Gud for at han skulle ofre livet sitt og ta straffen for syndene våre på seg. Gjennom dette mistet synden makten over vår menneskelige natur. 4 Nå kan vi, på samme måten som Guds lov krever, være skyldfri innfor Gud. Det skjer dersom vi i stedet for å bli styrt av vår menneskelige natur, lar Guds Ånd styre oss.
5 De som blir styrt av sin menneskelige natur, tenker på det som tilfredsstiller den menneskelige naturen. De derimot som blir styrt av Guds Ånd, tenker på det som tilfredsstiller Gud. 6 Dersom den menneskelige naturen får styre våre tanker, leder det til døden. Dersom Guds Ånd får styre våre tanker, leder det til liv og fred. 7 Vår menneskelige natur får oss til å bli fiender av Gud, for det er umulig for den menneskelige naturen å underordne seg Guds lov. 8 Derfor kan de som fortsatt blir styrt av sin menneskelige natur, aldri tilfredsstille Gud.
9 Dersom Guds Ånd bor i dere, da blir dere ikke styrt av den menneskelige naturen, men av Ånden. Den som ikke har Ånden som Kristus har gitt oss, tilhører ikke Kristus. 10 Dersom Kristus bor i dere ved sin Ånd, da kommer Ånden til å gi dere evig liv. Det skjer etter som dere har blitt skyldfri innfor Gud, selv om kroppen fortsatt må dø på grunn av synden.[c] 11 Ja, dersom Guds Ånd, han som vakte opp Jesus Kristus fra de døde, bor i dere, da vil Gud en dag også gjøre deres dødelige kropper levende igjen, etter som hans Ånd bor i dere.
12 Vi har, kjære søsken, ingen som helst forpliktelse mot vår menneskelige natur, i den forstand at vi må leve på den måten naturen krever. 13 Nei, den som lever på det viset, kommer til å dø. Dersom dere i Guds Ånds kraft kveler de syndige impulsene i kroppen, da får dere leve. 14 Alle som blir styrt av Guds Ånd, er Guds barn. 15 Guds Ånd lar ikke livet bli et slaveri under Gud, på den måten at dere på nytt skal være livredde for ham. Nei, Ånden gjør dere til Guds egne barn. Barn som kan rope til Gud: ”Far, min Far.”[d] 16 Guds Ånd hvisker mildt og trygt helt inn i hjerteroten at vi er barna hans. 17 Dersom vi er Guds barn, skal vi også arve alt det gode som finnes hos ham. Alt han har gitt sin sønn, Jesus Kristus, er nå også vårt. Dersom vi en dag skal dele herligheten med Kristus, må vi også dele lidelsene hans.
Herligheten som venter Guds barn
18 Jeg sier at de lidelsene vi må gå gjennom her på jorden, ikke betyr noe som helst sammenlignet med den herligheten som Gud en dag vil gi oss. 19 Ja, hele skaperverket venter med spenning på å se hvilken herlighet Guds barn skal få. 20-21 Alt det skapte har havnet på siden av Guds plan, ikke fordi skaperverket selv ville det, men fordi Gud dømte det skapte til å dø. Han ga oss likevel et håp om at det skapte en dag vil bli satt fri fra kretsløpet av konstant forgjengelighet. Ja, en dag vil alt det skapte få del i friheten som Guds barn får nyte godt av.
22 Vi vet at alt det skapte stønner som en kvinne når hun skal føde barnet sitt. 23 Til og med vi, som har fått Guds Ånd, som er en forsmak på herligheten, stønner i vårt indre. Vi venter på at Gud for alltid vil gjøre oss til barna sine og sette kroppene våre i fullkommen frihet.
24 Vi er frelst allerede nå, men har samtidig et håp om den fullkomne friheten. Dersom vi allerede var fullkomne fri, trengte vi ikke speide framover mot det som kommer. Det er vel ikke noen som håper på det som allerede har skjedd? 25 Ved å vente på at dette håpet en dag skal bli oppfylt, lærer vi oss å holde ut.
26 For øvrig hjelper Guds Ånd oss i vår svakhet. Vi vet ikke en gang hva vi skal be om, men hans Ånd roper en ordløs bønn til Gud fra vårt indre. 27 Gud, han som kjenner hjertene til alle sine, vet hva Ånden mener. Når Guds Ånd ber for alle som tilhører Gud, da ber han alltid slik Gud vil bønnen skal være. 28 Vi vet at Gud kan bruke alt som skjer, til noe godt for dem som elsker ham, de som i trå med hans plan får tilhøre ham. 29 Det gode Gud vil, er at vi skal bli lik Jesus, hans Sønn. Gud bestemte allerede fra begynnelsen at de som takket ja til å tilhøre ham, skulle bli lik Jesus. Gjennom det skulle Sønnen bli den førstefødte i en lang rekke med søsken. 30 De som han i forveien hadde bestemt til det, skulle bli lik Sønnen. Gud innbød alle disse til å tilhøre ham og bli skyldfri innfor ham. De som har blitt skyldfri innfor Gud, skal også få dele herligheten hans.
Gud viste sin kjærlighet gjennom Jesus Kristus
31 Hvilken slutning skal vi trekke av dette? Jo, at dersom Gud står på vår side, da spiller det ingen rolle hvem som er imot oss! 32 Gud sparte til og med ikke sin egen Sønn, men utleverte ham for å hjelpe oss alle. Skulle han ikke da være beredt til å skjenke oss alt det andre sammen med ham?
33 Om noen anklager oss som har takket ja til Guds innbydelse for å tilhører ham, hva spiller vel det for rolle? Gud selv har erklært oss skyldfri innfor ham.
34 Om noen dømmer oss, hva spiller vel det for rolle? Kristus selv er vår forsvarsadvokat, han som døde og sto opp og nå sitter på Guds høyre side og regjerer sammen med ham.
35 Skulle noe kunne hindre oss fra å ta imot Kristi kjærlighet? Nei, ikke noe! Det spiller vel ingen rolle om vi opplever nød eller angst, om vi blir forfulgt, må sulte, mangler klær eller blir rammet av farer og dødstrussel. 36 At dette vil skje vet vi jo allerede. Det står i Skriften:
”Det er på grunn av at vi tjener deg, de hele tiden forsøker å drepe oss.
Vi er som sauer som venter på å bli slaktet.”[e]
37 Gjennom alt dette vinner vi en uomtvistelig seier ved det Kristus i sin kjærlighet gjorde for oss. 38-39 Det spiller vel ingen rolle om vi lever eller dør. Jeg er helt overbevist om at ikke noe kan skille oss fra den kjærligheten Gud viste oss gjennom Jesus Kristus, vår Herre. Ingen engler eller demoner, ikke noe som finnes nå eller i framtiden, ingen krefter i himmelen eller i dypet eller noe annet i tilværelsen, kan hindre kjærligheten hans fra å favne oss.
Footnotes
- 8:2 En del håndskrifter har: ”meg” eller ”deg”, som er en annet måte å uttrykke samme sak.
- 8:3 Moseloven, eller den jødiske loven, finnes skrevet ned i Første til Femte Mosebok.
- 8:10 Alternativ tolkning: Om Kristus bor i dere, har kroppen deres blitt død med ham, for syndens skyld, men deres Ånd er levende, etter som han har gjort dere skyldfri innfor Gud.
- 8:15 I grunnteksten: Abba, Far. ”Abba” betyr ”far” på morsmålet til Jesus, arameisk.
- 8:36 Se Salmenes bok 44:23.
Romans 8
New International Version
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:
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
- Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
- 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.
- Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
- 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
- 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
- Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
- Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
Romans 8
New King James Version
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
- Romans 8:1 NU omits the rest of v. 1.
- Romans 8:6 fleshly
- Romans 8:7 fleshly
- Romans 8:11 Or because of
- Romans 8:15 Lit., in Aram., Father
- Romans 8:21 decay
- Romans 8:26 NU omits for us
Romans 8
King James Version
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh 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, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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