Romans 8

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;

4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

in order that in our case the requirements of the Law might be fully met. For our lives are regulated not by our earthly, but by our spiritual natures.

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For if men are controlled by their earthly natures, they give their minds to earthly things. If they are controlled by their spiritual natures, they give their minds to spiritual things.

6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Because for the mind to be given up to earthly things means death; but for it to be given up to spiritual things means Life and peace.

7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.

Abandonment to earthly things is a state of enmity to God. Such a mind does not submit to God's Law, and indeed cannot do so.

8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

And those whose hearts are absorbed in earthly things cannot please God.

9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

You, however, are not devoted to earthly, but to spiritual things, if the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you; whereas if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, such a one does not belong to Him.

10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

But if Christ is in you, though your body must die because of sin, yet your spirit has Life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

And if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead will give Life also to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who dwells in you.

12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Therefore, brethren, it is not to our lower natures that we are under obligation that we should live by their rule.

13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

For those who are led by God's Spirit are, all of them, God's sons.

15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being--a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons--a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, "Abba! our Father!"

16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God;

17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.

19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it).

21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

For we know that the whole of Creation is groaning together in the pains of childbirth until this hour.

23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

It is in hope that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it.

26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we do not know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

and the Searcher of hearts knows what the Spirit's meaning is, because His intercessions for God's people are in harmony with God's will.

28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also crowned with glory.

31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us?

32 He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

He who did not withhold even His own Son, but gave Him up for all of us, will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

Who shall impeach those whom God has chosen? God declares them free from guilt.

34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Who is there to condemn them? Christ Jesus died, or rather has risen to life again. He is also at the right hand of God, and is interceding for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?

36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

As it stands written in the Scripture, "For Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have been looked upon as sheep destined for slaughter."

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who has loved us.

38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither the lower ranks of evil angels nor the higher, neither things present nor things future, nor the forces of nature,

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God which rests upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.