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Romans 8
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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

#### Cross references

1. Romans 8:1 : ver 34
2. Romans 8:1 : ver 39; S Ro 16:3
3. Romans 8:2 : Ro 7:25
4. Romans 8:2 : 1Co 15:45
5. Romans 8:2 : Jn 8:32, 36; S Ro 6:18
6. Romans 8:2 : S Ro 6:16; S 7:4
7. Romans 8:3 : Heb 7:18; 10:1-4
8. Romans 8:3 : Ro 7:18, 19; S Gal 5:24
9. Romans 8:3 : S Php 2:7
10. Romans 8:3 : Heb 2:14, 17
11. Romans 8:4 : Ro 2:26
12. Romans 8:4 : S Gal 5:16
13. Romans 8:5 : Gal 5:19-21
14. Romans 8:5 : Gal 5:22-25
15. Romans 8:6 : S Ro 6:23
16. Romans 8:6 : ver 13; Gal 6:8
17. Romans 8:7 : Jas 4:4
18. Romans 8:8 : S Gal 5:24
19. Romans 8:9 : S Gal 5:24
20. Romans 8:9 : ver 11; 1Co 6:19; 2Ti 1:14
21. Romans 8:9 : Jn 14:17; S Ac 16:7; 1Jn 4:13
22. Romans 8:10 : ver 9; Ex 29:45; Jn 14:20, 23; 2Co 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27; Rev 3:20
23. Romans 8:11 : S Ac 2:24
24. Romans 8:11 : Jn 5:21; S Ro 6:5
25. Romans 8:12 : ver 4; S Gal 5:24
26. Romans 8:13 : S Ro 6:23
27. Romans 8:13 : S Ro 6:2
28. Romans 8:13 : ver 6; Gal 6:8
29. Romans 8:14 : S Gal 5:18
30. Romans 8:14 : ver 19; Hos 1:10; Mal 3:17; Mt 5:9; S Jn 1:12; Gal 3:26; 4:5; Eph 1:5; Rev 21:7
31. Romans 8:15 : S Jn 20:22
32. Romans 8:15 : S 2Ti 1:7
33. Romans 8:15 : Mk 14:36; Gal 4:5, 6
34. Romans 8:16 : 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13
35. Romans 8:16 : S ver 14; S Jn 1:12
36. Romans 8:17 : S Ac 20:32; Gal 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Tit 3:7
37. Romans 8:17 : S 2Co 1:5
38. Romans 8:17 : 2Ti 2:12; 1Pe 4:13
39. Romans 8:18 : 2Co 4:17; 1Pe 4:13; 5:1
40. Romans 8:19 : S ver 14
41. Romans 8:20 : Ge 3:17-19; 5:29
42. Romans 8:21 : Ac 3:21; 2Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1
43. Romans 8:21 : S Jn 1:12
44. Romans 8:22 : Jer 12:4
45. Romans 8:23 : S 2Co 5:5
46. Romans 8:23 : 2Co 5:2, 4
47. Romans 8:23 : ver 19; Gal 5:5
48. Romans 8:23 : ver 11; Php 3:21
49. Romans 8:24 : 1Th 5:8; Tit 3:7
50. Romans 8:24 : S 2Co 4:18
51. Romans 8:25 : Ps 37:7
52. Romans 8:26 : ver 15, 16
53. Romans 8:26 : Eph 6:18
54. Romans 8:27 : S Rev 2:23
55. Romans 8:27 : S ver 34
56. Romans 8:28 : Ge 50:20; Isa 38:17; Jer 29:11
57. Romans 8:28 : ver 30; Ro 11:29; 1Co 1:9; Gal 1:6, 15; Eph 4:1, 4; 1Th 2:12; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 2:9; 2Pe 1:10
58. Romans 8:28 : Eph 1:11; 3:11; Heb 6:17
59. Romans 8:29 : Ro 11:2; 1Pe 1:2
60. Romans 8:29 : Eph 1:5, 11
61. Romans 8:29 : 1Co 15:49; 2Co 3:18; Php 3:21; 1Jn 3:2
62. Romans 8:29 : S Col 1:18
63. Romans 8:30 : Eph 1:5, 11
64. Romans 8:30 : S ver 28
65. Romans 8:30 : S Ro 4:25
66. Romans 8:30 : Ro 9:23
67. Romans 8:31 : Ro 4:1; 6:1; 7:7; 9:14, 30
68. Romans 8:31 : Ex 3:12; Isa 41:10; Hag 1:13
69. Romans 8:31 : Ps 56:9; 118:6; Isa 8:10; Jer 20:11; Heb 13:6
70. Romans 8:32 : Ge 22:13; Mal 3:17; Jn 3:16; Ro 5:8
71. Romans 8:33 : Isa 50:8, 9
72. Romans 8:34 : ver 1
73. Romans 8:34 : Ro 5:6-8
74. Romans 8:34 : S Ac 2:24
75. Romans 8:34 : S Mk 16:19
76. Romans 8:34 : ver 27; Job 16:20; Isa 53:12; Heb 7:25; 9:24; 1Jn 2:1
77. Romans 8:35 : ver 37-39
78. Romans 8:35 : 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26, 27
79. Romans 8:36 : Ps 44:22; 1Co 4:9; 15:30, 31; 2Co 4:11; 6:9; 11:23
80. Romans 8:37 : 1Co 15:57
81. Romans 8:37 : Ro 5:8; Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; Rev 1:5; 3:9
82. Romans 8:38 : 1Co 3:22
83. Romans 8:38 : Eph 1:21; Col 1:16; 1Pe 3:22
84. Romans 8:39 : S Ro 5:8
85. Romans 8:39 : ver 1; S Ro 16:3

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