Romans 8

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

There is, then, no condemnation, now, to those who are in Christ Jesus.

2 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.

For the law of the Spirit of Life by Christ Jesus, has freed me from the law of sin, and of death.

3 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;

For what the law could not accomplish in that it was weak through the flesh; God sending his own Son, in the likeness of sinful flesh, accomplished; and by an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.

4 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.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled by us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

5 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.

Now, they who live according to the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; and they who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

6 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.

But the mind of the flesh is death; and the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

7 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.

because the mind of the flesh is enmity toward God: for, to the law of God it is not subject; neither, indeed, can be.

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

Those, then, who are in the flesh, can not please God.

9 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.

Now, you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; because the Spirit of God dwells in you. But, if any one have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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

And if Christ be in you, the body, indeed, is dead, with respect to sin; but the Spirit is life, with respect to righteousness.

11 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.

For, if the Spirit of him, who raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; he who raised up Christ from the dead, will make even your mortal bodies alive, through his Spirit, who dwells in you.

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

Well, then, brethren, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

13 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.

Wherefore, if you live according to the flesh, you shall die; but if, through the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

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

Because, as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

15 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!"

For you have not received the spirit of bondage, again, to fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

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

Also this spirit bears witness, together with our spirit, that we are children of God.

17 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.

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

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

However, I esteem not the sufferings of the present time, as worthy of comparison with the glory, which is hereafter to be revealed in us.

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

For the earnest expectation of the creature, is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

20 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).

For the creature was subjected to frailty, (not of its own choice, but by him who has subjected it, ) in hope,

21 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.

that it may be liberated, from the bondage of a perishing state, and brought into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

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

Besides, we know, that the whole creation sigh together, and travail in anguish till the present time.

23 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.

And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit; even we ourselves, groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption; namely, the redemption of our body.

24 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?

For even we are saved by hope. Now, hope that is attained, is not hope; for who can hope for that which he enjoys?

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

But if we hope for that which we do not enjoy, then, with patience, we wait for it.

26 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,

In like manner, also, the Spirit helps our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for, as we ought; however, the Spirit himself intercedes for us, in sighs, which can not be uttered.

27 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.

But he who searches the hearts, knows the mind of the Spirit; that, according to the will of God, he makes intercession for the saints.

28 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.

Besides, we know, that all things work together for good, to them who love God; to them, who are called according to his purpose.

29 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;

For, whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son; that he might be the first born among many brethren.

30 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.

Moreover, whom he predestinated, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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

What shall we say, then, to these things? Since God is for us, who can be against us?

32 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?

He, certainly, who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all; how will he not, with him, also, graciously give us all things?

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

Who will bring an accusation against the elect of God? Is it God who justifies them?

34 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.

Who is he, who condemns them? It is Christ, who died; or rather, who has risen: who also, is at the right hand of God; and who makes intercession for us?

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

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 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."

As it is written, "Truly, for thy sake, we are put to death all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

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

Nay, in all these things, we do more than overcome, through him who has loved us.

38 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,

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

39 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.

neither hight, nor depth; nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.