Romans 8:35-39
New Living Translation
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.”[a]) 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,[b] 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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Romans 8:35-39
International Standard Version
35 Who will separate us from the Messiah’s[a] love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death[b] do this?[c] 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being put to death all day long.
We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter.”[d]
37 In all these things we are triumphantly victorious due to the one 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 anything above, nor anything below, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is ours[e] in union with the Messiah[f] Jesus, our Lord.
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- Romans 8:35 Or Christ’s
- Romans 8:35 Lit. a sword
- Romans 8:35 The Gk. lacks do this
- Romans 8:36 Cf. Ps 44:22
- Romans 8:39 The Gk. lacks ours
- Romans 8:39 Or Christ
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