28 We know that all things work together[a] for the good[b] of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(A) 29 For those he foreknew he also predestined(B) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(C) so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.(D) 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified;(E) and those he justified, he also glorified.(F)

The Believer’s Triumph

31 What, then, are we to say about these things?(G) If God is for us, who is against us?(H) 32 He did not even spare his own Son(I) but gave him up for us all.(J) How will he not also with him grant us everything? 33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?(K) God is the one who justifies.(L) 34 Who is the one who condemns?(M) Christ Jesus is the one who died,(N) but even more, has been raised;(O) he also is at the right hand of God(P) and intercedes for us.(Q)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:28 Other mss read that God works together in all things
  2. 8:28 The ultimate good

28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] 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[b] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
  2. 8:29 Or would be supreme.