Romans 8
1 There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;
Hence there is now, no, condemnation unto them who are in Christ Jesus;
2 for through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life-giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of sin and death.
For, the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath set thee free from the law of sin and of death; —
3 What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,
For, what was impossible by the law in that it was weak through the flesh, God, by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,
4 so that the requirements of the Law might be satisfied in us who live now in obedience, not to our earthly nature, but to the Spirit.
In order that, the righteous requirement of the law, might be fulfilled in us—who, not according to flesh, do walk, but according to spirit;
5 They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded.
For, they who according to flesh have their being, the things of the flesh do prefer, but, they according to the spirit, the things of the spirit;
6 To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;
For, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] death, whereas, what is preferred by the spirit, [is] life and peace; —
7 because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.
Inasmuch as, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] hostile towards God, for, unto the law of God, it doth not submit itself, neither in fact can it.—
8 They who are earthly cannot please God.
They, moreover, who in flesh have their being, cannot please, God.
9 You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a person has the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ;
But, ye, have not your being in flesh, but in spirit, —if at least, God’s Spirit, dwelleth in you; and, if anyone hath not Christ’s Spirit, the same, is not his; —
10 but, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is life as a consequence of righteousness.
But, if Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead by reason of sin, whereas, the spirit, is life by reason of righteousness;
11 And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.
If, moreover, the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from among the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised from among the dead Christ Jesus, shall make alive [even] your death-doomed bodies, through means of his indwelling Spirit within you.
12 So then, friends, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.
Hence, then, brethren—debtors, we are, not unto the flesh, that, according to flesh, we should live, —
13 If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.
For, if according to flesh ye live, ye are about to die, whereas, if in spirit, the practices of the flesh, ye are putting to death, ye shall attain unto life;
14 All who are guided by the Spirit of God are children of God.
For, as many as by God’s Spirit are being led, the same, are God’s sons, —
15 For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a child by adoption, which leads us to cry ‘Abba, our Father.’
For ye have not received a spirit of servitude, leading back into fear, but ye have received a spirit of sonship, whereby we are exclaiming—Abba! Oh Father!
16 The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,
The Spirit itself, beareth witness together with our spirit that we are children of God;
17 and if children, then heirs – heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, since we share Christ’s sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.
And, if children, heirs also—heirs, indeed, of God, but co-heirs with Christ, —if, at least, we are suffering together, in order that we may also be glorified together.
18 I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the glory that is to be revealed and bestowed on us.
For I reckon that unworthy are the sufferings of the present season to be compared with the glory about to be revealed towards us;
19 All nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.
For, the eager outlook of creation, ardently awaiteth the revealing of the sons of God, —
20 For nature was made subject to imperfection – not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so –
For, unto vanity, hath creation been made subject—not by choice, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope
21 yet not without the hope that some day nature, also, will be set free from enslavement to decay, and will attain to the freedom which will mark the glory of the children of God.
That, creation itself also, shall be freed—from the bondage of the decay into the freedom of the glory of the sons of God;
22 We know, indeed, that all nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labor to this very hour.
For we know that, all creation, is sighing together, and travailing-in-birth-throes together until the present, —
23 And not nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit – we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as sons – the redemption of our bodies.
And, not only so, but, we ourselves, also, who have the first-fruit of the Spirit—[we] even ourselves, within our own selves do sigh, —sonship ardently awaiting—the redeeming of our body; —
24 By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?
For, by our hope, have we been saved, —but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for?
25 But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.
If, however, what we do not behold we hope for, with endurance, are we ardently awaiting [it]; —
26 So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.
In the selfsame way moreover, even the Spirit, helpeth together in our weakness, —for, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not, but, the Spirit itself, maketh intercession with sighings unutterable,
27 Yet he who searches all our hearts knows what the Spirit’s meaning is, because the pleadings of the Spirit for Christ’s people are in accordance with his will.
And, he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is preferred by the Spirit—that, according to God, he maketh intercession in behalf of saints;
28 But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him – those who have received the call in accordance with his purpose.
We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good, —unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;
29 For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many brothers and sisters.
For, whom he fore-approved, he also fore-appointed to be conformed unto the image of his Son, that he might be firstborn among many brethren, —
30 And those whom God destined for this he also called; and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous; and those whom he pronounced righteous he also brought to glory.
And, whom he fore-appointed, the same, he also called, and, whom he called, the same, he also declared righteous, and, whom he declared righteous, the same, he also made glorious: —
31 What are we to say, then, in the light of all this? If God is on our side, who can there be against us?
What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?
32 God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all; will he not, then, with him, freely give us all things?
He, at least, who his own Son did not spare, but in behalf of us all delivered him up, how shall he not also, with him, all things upon us in favour bestow?
33 Who will bring a charge against any of God’s people? He who pronounces them righteous is God!
Who shall bring an accusation against the chosen ones of God? God, who declareth righteous?
34 Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus! – or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God’s right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!
Who is he that condemneth? Christ [Jesus] who died?—Nay! rather was raised [from among the dead], —who is on the right hand of God, who also is making intercession in our behalf?
35 Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?—
36 Scripture says – ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long, We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’
According as it is written—For thy sake, are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.—
37 Yet amid all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us!
Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquering through him that hath loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor archangels, nor the present, nor the future, nor any powers,
For I am persuaded that—neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord!
Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
