Romans 8

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in the Messiah Yahushua, 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 Messiah Yahushua hath made me free from the law of sin and 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, YHWH sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, 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 righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in 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 that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that 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 carnal mind is enmity against YHWH: for it is not subject to the law of YHWH, neither indeed can 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 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please YHWH.

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 so be that the Spirit of YHWH dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of the Messiah, he is none of 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 And if the Messiah be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life 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 that raised up Yahushua from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up the Messiah from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth 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 Therefore, brethren, 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 shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do 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 led by the Spirit of YHWH, they are the sons of YHWH.

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

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby 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 itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of YHWH:

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 YHWH, and joint-heirs with the Messiah; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

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 this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in 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 earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of YHWH.

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 creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same 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 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of YHWH.

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 and travaileth 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 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, 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 are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why 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 that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

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

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh 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 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of YHWH.

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 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love YHWH, to them who are the 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 did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn 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 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them 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 shall we then say to these things? If YHWH be 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 that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also 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 lay any thing to the charge of YHWH 's elect? It is YHWH that justifieth.

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

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is the Messiah that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of YHWH, 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 the Messiah? shall tribulation, or distress, 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 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are 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 Nay, 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 persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things 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 height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of YHWH, which is in Messiah Yahushua our Saviour.

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.