Romanos 8
1 Nihil ergo nunc damnationis est iis, qui sunt in Christo Iesu: qui non secundum carnem ambulant.
So there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2 Lex enim spiritus vitae in Christo Iesu liberavit me a lege peccati et mortis.
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
3 Nam quod impossibile erat legi, in quo infirmabatur per carnem: Deus filium suum mittens in similitudinem carnis peccati, et de peccato damnavit peccatum in carne,
What the law couldn't do because it was powerless due to our sinful nature, God was able to do! By sending his own Son in human form, God dealt with the whole problem of sin and destroyed sin's power in our sinful human nature.
4 ut iustificatio legis impleretur in nobis, qui non secundum carnem ambulamus, sed secundum spiritum.
In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature.
5 Qui enim secundum carnem sunt: quae carnis sunt, sapiunt. qui vero secundum spiritum sunt: quae sunt spiritus, sentiunt.
Those who follow their sinful nature are preoccupied with sinful things, but those who follow the Spirit concentrate on spiritual things.
6 Nam prudentia carnis, mors est: prudentia autem spiritus, vita et pax.
The sinful human mind results in death, but having the mind led by the Spirit results in life and peace.
7 quoniam sapientia carnis inimica est Deo: legi enim Dei non est subiecta: nec enim potest.
The sinful human mind is hostile to God because it refuses to obey the law of God—in fact it never can,
8 Qui autem in carne sunt, Deo placere non possunt.
and those who follow their sinful nature can never please God.
9 Vos autem in carne non estis, sed in spiritu: si tamen spiritus Dei habitat in vobis. Siquis autem Spiritum Christi non habet: hic non est eius.
But you're not following your sinful nature, but the Spirit—if it's true that the Spirit of God is living in you. For those that don't have the Spirit of Christ in them don't belong to him.
10 Si autem Christus in vobis est: corpus quidem mortuum est propter peccatum, spiritus vero vivit propter iustificationem.
However, if Christ is in you, even though your body is going to die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you're now right with God.
11 Quod si Spiritus eius, qui suscitavit Iesum a mortuis, habitat in vobis: qui suscitavit Iesum Christum a mortuis, vivificabit et mortalia corpora vestra, propter inhabitantem Spiritum eius in vobis.
The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. He who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to your dead bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.
12 Ergo fratres debitores sumus non carni, ut secundum carnem vivamus.
So brothers and sisters, we don't have to follow our sinful nature that operates according to our human desires.
13 Si enim secundum carnem vixeritis, moriemini: si autem spiritu facta carnis mortificaveritis, vivetis.
For if you live under the control of your sinful nature, you're going to die. But if you follow the way of the Spirit, putting to death the evil things you do, then you will live.
14 Quicumque enim spiritu Dei aguntur, ii sunt filii Dei.
All those who are led by the Spirit of God are God's children.
15 Non enim accepistis spiritum servitutis iterum in timore, sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum, in quo clamamus: Abba (Pater).
You were not given a spirit to enslave and terrify you once more. No, what you received was the spirit that makes you children in God's family. Now we can shout out, “God is our Father!”
16 Ipse enim Spiritus testimonium reddit spiritui nostro quod sumus filii Dei.
The Spirit himself agrees with us that we're God's children.
17 Si autem filii, et heredes: heredes quidem Dei, coheredes autem Christi: si tamen compatimur, ut et conglorificemur.
If we're his children, then we're his heirs. We are heirs of God, and heirs together with Christ. But if we want to share in his glory we must share in his sufferings.
18 Existimo enim quod non sunt condignae passiones huius temporis ad futuram gloriam, quae revelabitur in nobis.
Yet I'm convinced that what we suffer in the present is nothing compared to the future glory that will be revealed to us.
19 Nam expectatio creaturae, revelationem filiorum Dei expectat.
All of creation is patiently waiting, longing for God to reveal his children.
20 Vanitati enim creatura subiecta est non volens, sed propter eum, qui subiecit eam in spe:
For God allowed the purpose of creation to be frustrated.
21 quia et ipsa creatura liberabitur a servitute corruptionis in libertatem gloriae filiorum Dei.
But creation itself waits in hope for the time when it will be set free from the slavery of decay and share the glorious freedom of God's children.
22 Scimus enim quod omnis creatura ingemiscit, et parturit usque adhuc.
We know that all creation groans with longing, suffering birth-pains even up till now.
23 Non solum autem illa, sed et nos ipsi primitias spiritus habentes: et ipsi intra nos gemimus adoptionem filiorum Dei expectantes, redemptionem corporis nostri.
Not only creation, but we too, who have a foretaste of the Spirit, we groan inwardly as we wait for God to “adopt” us—the redemption of our bodies.
24 Spe enim salvi facti sumus. Spes autem, quae videtur, non est spes: nam quod videt quis, quid sperat?
For we were saved by hope. Yet hope that's already seen isn't hope at all. Who hopes for what they can already see?
25 Si autem quod non videmus, speramus: per patientiam expectamus.
Since we're hoping for what we haven't yet seen, we wait for it patiently.
26 Similiter autem et Spiritus adiuvat infirmitatem nostram: nam quid oremus, sicut oportet, nescimus: sed ipse Spiritus postulat pro nobis gemitibus inenarrabilibus.
Similarly the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don't know how to speak with God, but the Spirit himself intercedes with and through us by groans that can't be put into words.
27 Qui autem scrutatur corda, scit quid desideret Spiritus: quia secundum Deum postulat pro sanctis.
The one who examines the minds of everyone knows the Spirit's motives, because the Spirit pleads God's cause on behalf of the believers.
28 Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis, qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti.
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those who he has called to be part of his plan.
29 Nam quos praescivit, et praedestinavit conformes fieri imaginis Filii sui, ut sit ipse primogenitus in multis fratribus.
For God, choosing them in advance, set them apart to be like his Son, so that the Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters.
30 Quos autem praedestinavit, hos et vocavit: et quos vocavit, hos et iustificavit: quos autem iustificavit, illos et magnificavit.
Those that he chose, he also called; and those that he called, he also made right; and those that he made right, he also glorified.
31 Quid ergo dicemus ad haec? si Deus pro nobis, qui contra nos?
So what's our response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 Qui etiam proprio Filio suo non pepercit, sed pro nobis omnibus tradidit illum: quo modo non etiam cum illo omnia nobis donavit.
God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won't he also freely give us everything?
33 Quis accusabit adversus electos Dei? Deus qui iustificat,
Who can accuse God's special people of anything? It's God who sets us right,
34 quis est qui condemnet? Christus Iesus, qui mortuus est, immo qui et resurrexit, qui est ad dexteram Dei, qui etiam interpellat pro nobis.
so who can condemn us? It's Christ Jesus who died—more importantly, who was raised from the dead—who stands at God's right-hand, presenting our case.
35 Quis ergo nos separabit a charitate Christi? tribulatio? an angustia? an fames? an nuditas? an periculum? an persecutio? an gladius?
Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can oppression, distress, or persecution? Or hunger, poverty, danger, or violence?
36 (sicut scriptum est: Quia propter te mortificamur tota die: aestimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.)
Just as Scripture says, “For your sake we're in danger of being killed all the time. We're treated like sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 Sed in his omnibus superamus propter eum, qui dilexit nos.
No—in all that happens to us we're more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 Certus sum enim quia neque mors, neque vita, neque angeli, neque principatus, neque virtutes, neque instantia, neque futura, neque fortitudo,
I'm absolutely convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor devils, neither the present nor the future, nor powers,
39 neque altitudo, neque profundum, neque creatura alia poterit nos separare a charitate Dei, quae est in Christo Iesu Domino nostro.
neither height nor depth, in fact nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
