Romans 8

1 THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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 hath liberated me 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 that which was impossible by the law, inasmuch as it was impotent through the flesh, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in that 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 righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by us, who walk not after the flesh, but after 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 they who are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who are after 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 to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded 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 propensity of the flesh is inimical against God: for it is not in subjection to the law of God, 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 They then who are in the flesh, cannot please God.

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

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not 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 But if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead on account of sin; but the Spirit is alive through 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 hath raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he who raised Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his indwelling Spirit 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 Truly then 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 ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall 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 guided by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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

15 For ye have not received a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption, by which 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 same spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

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

17 But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.

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 reckon that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy to be placed against the future glory that shall be revealed to 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 eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God.

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 made subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him who made it subject,

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 in hope that the same creation shall be emancipated from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty 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 groaneth together and travaileth in birth to this moment.

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

23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the 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 by hope we have been saved: now hope seen is not hope; for that which any man seeth how doth he yet hope for?

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 what we see not, we with patience expect it.

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

26 In like manner also the Spirit affords assistance to our infirmities: for even this, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not: but the same Spirit more abundantly maketh intercession for us with groanings unutterable.

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 Now he that trieth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, for he maketh intercession for the saints according to God’s will.

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 But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to 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 predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren.

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 But whom he predestinated, those also he called: and whom he called, those also he justified: but whom he justified, those also he 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 to these things? If God be for us, who shall 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 even spared not his own Son, but freely delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also, together 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 shall put in an accusation against the elect of God? God? He is their justifier.

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

34 Who is he that condemneth? Christ? He died, yea, rather, also is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh 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? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?

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

36 As it is written, “That for thy sake we have been put to death the whole day long; we have been reckoned indeed as sheep for 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 But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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

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

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 exaltation, nor deepest depression, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, 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.