Romanos 8

1 Por esta causa, los que están en Cristo Jesús no serán juzgados como pecadores, los que no andan conforme a la carne, sino conforme al Espíritu.

Because [God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us], now [God will] not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus.

2 Porque la ley del Espíritu de vida en Cristo Jesús, me liberó de la ley del pecado y la muerte.

[God’s] Spirit causes us to live [in a new way] [PRS] as a result of what Christ Jesus [did for us]. And he has set up a way by which he frees [each of] us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God.

3 Porque lo que la ley no podía hacer porque era débil por la carne? Dios, enviando a su Hijo en semejanza al hombre pecador, y como una ofrenda por el pecado, para que de esta manera condenar al pecado en la propia naturaleza humana.

What [we] could not do [by trying to obey] the laws [of God] [PRS], because our self-directed nature was too weak [to obey them], God did. He sent his own Son [into the world in order that his Son might atone] for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like [the body] (OR, the [human nature]) of us people who sin. [By sending his Son in this way], he condemned and punished [his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who] sinned [MTY]. He did that [by making his Son’s] body [a sacrifice] (OR, [by causing his Son’s] body [to suffer/die]) for [all our] sin.

4 Lo hizo para que nosotros podamos cumplir lo que fue ordenado por la ley porque ya no andamos según la carne, sino conforme al Espíritu.

So we can [now] fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature [desires], but instead by living as [God’s] Spirit [desires us to live].

5 Porque los que viven conforme la carne piensan en las cosas de la carne, pero los que siguen el camino del Espíritu se preocupan por las cosas del Espíritu.

People who live according to what their self-directed nature [desires] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires]. But people who [live] according to what [God’s] Spirit [desires think about and are concerned about] what [God’s] Spirit [desires].

6 Porque él ocuparse de la carne es muerte, pero preocuparse del Espíritu es vida y paz:

Those people who [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires] will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what [God’s] Spirit [desires] will live [eternally] and have [inner] peace.

7 Porque la mente carnal es opuesta a Dios; no está bajo la ley de Dios, y no quieren ni pueden someterse a Dios.

Let me explain this. [To the extent that] people [PRS] think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature [desires], they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able [to obey his laws].

8 aquellos que están sometidos a los deseos de la carne no pueden agradar a Dios.

The people who let their self-directed nature [control them] cannot do what pleases God.

9 Pero Ustedes ya no viven conforme a tales deseos, sino en el Espíritu, si, el Espíritu de Dios está en ustedes. Pero si alguno no tiene el Espíritu de Cristo, no es de Cristo.

But we do not have to let our self-directed nature [control us]. Instead, we can [let] God’s Spirit [control us], because he lives within us. If people do not have [living in them] the Spirit [who comes from] Christ, they do not belong to Christ.

10 Y si Cristo vive en ustedes, el espíritu vive en ustedes, porque Dios los ha librado de culpa, aún cuando él cuerpo esté destinado a la muerte por causa del pecado el cuerpo está muerto a causa del pecado.

But since Christ [is living in you/us by his Spirit, although] your/our bodies [are certain to] die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins.

11 Y si el Espíritu de aquel que resucitó Jesús vive en ustedes, el que resucitó a Cristo Jesús, de la misma manera, por medio de su Espíritu que vive en ustedes, vivificará sus cuerpos mortales.

[God] caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, [God] will also make your/our bodies, which [now] are sure to die, live [again after you/we die]. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by [causing] his Spirit, who lives within you/us, [to do it].

12 Así que, hermanos míos, estamos en deuda, no con la carne para vivir conforme a la carne.

Therefore, my fellow believers, we must [live as the Spirit directs us]. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature [guides us].

13 Porque si viven conforme la carne, la muerte vendrá sobre ustedes; pero si por el Espíritu matas las obras del cuerpo, tendrás vida.

If you live the way your self-directed nature [directs], you will surely not live [eternally] (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by [the power of God’s] Spirit you quit doing the [sinful] things that your bodies [desire] [MET], you will live eternally.

14 Y todos los que son guiados por el Espíritu de Dios son hijos de Dios.

We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children.

15 Porque no recibieron el espíritu de esclavitud otra vez para tener miedo, sino el espíritu de adopción, por lo cual decimos: Abba, Padre.

[You have showed that this is true], because you received [from God] a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear [God] again. You are not like slaves who [fear their masters] [MET]. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose [work in our hearts God] has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out [to God], “[You(sg) are my] Father [DOU]!”

16 El Espíritu es testigo con nuestro espíritu de que somos hijos de Dios:

The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits [say], that we are God’s children.

17 Y si somos hijos, tenemos derecho a formar parte de la herencia; que Dios nos ha prometido, una parte en las cosas de Dios, coherederos con Cristo; de modo que si tenemos parte en su dolor, de la misma manera participaremos en su gloria.

Because we are [God’s] children, we also will some day receive/inherit [eternal blessings/privileges]. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will [also] receive/inherit [them] just like Christ has [inherited them]. But we must suffer [for doing good] as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did.

18 Soy de la opinión de que no hay comparación entre el dolor de este tiempo presente y la gloria que veremos en el futuro.

I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth [paying attention to, because] the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that [God] will reveal} to us [is so great].

19 Porque la creación está esperando con ansias la revelación de los hijos de Dios.

The [things that God has] created are very eagerly waiting for [the time] [PRS, DOU] when God will reveal who his [true] children are.

20 Porque todo ser viviente fue puesto bajo el poder de la vanidad, no por su deseo, sino por el que lo hizo así, con la esperanza,

[God] caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve [what he had purposed. That was] not because they wanted to [be unable to do that]. On the contrary, [God] made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting

21 de que todos los seres vivos sean liberados del poder de la corrupción, a la libertad gloriosa de los hijos de Dios.

that the things that [he] created will be freed {that [he] will free the things that [he] created} from their sure decay [MET]. [He] will free them in order that [he can give them] the same glory that belongs to his children.

22 Porque somos conscientes de que toda la creación llora y lamenta juntos hasta ahora.

We know that until now [it is as though] all [things] that God created have been groaning together, [and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child] groans [and longs for her baby’s birth] [MET].

23 Y no solo ella, sino nosotros mismos que tenemos los primeros frutos del Espíritu, incluso tenemos tristeza gemimos dentro de nosotros mismos, esperando la adopción, es decir, la redención de nuestros cuerpos.

Not only [do those things groan], but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have [God’s] Spirit, who is like a partial gift [MET] we have received as we wait for [the future glory, groan inwardly]. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our [full] rights as God’s adopted children. That [will include] his freeing our bodies [from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies].

24 Porque nuestra salvación es por esperanza; pero la esperanza que se ve no es esperanza; porque ¿quién espera lo que ve?

Ever since we were saved {since [God] saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect [that future glory]. If we had what we waited for, we would not [need to] wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! [RHQ]

25 Pero si tenemos esperanza de lo que no vemos, entonces podremos seguir con paciencia esperándolo.

But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly.

26 Y de la misma manera el Espíritu es una ayuda para nuestros débiles corazones: porque que no sabemos orar como es debido, pero él Espíritu mismo ruega a Dios por nosotros con gemidos indecibles.

Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words).

27 Y Dios que examina los corazones sabe lo que él Espíritu quiere decir, porque él Espíritu ruega conforme a La voluntad de Dios, por los que le pertenecen.

God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray.

28 Sabemos de que todas las cosas están funcionando juntas para bien a aquellos que tienen amor por Dios, y han sido llamados, conforme a su propósito.

And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen [to them/us] in a way that produces good [spiritual] benefits [for us]. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do.

29 Porque aquellos de quienes tuvo conocimiento antes de que existieran, fueron marcados por él para ser hechos como su Hijo, para que él sea el primero entre muchos hermanos:

God knew previously [that we would believe] in him (OR, [would be saved]). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that [Christ is like] a firstborn/highest-ranking [son], and [those/we who are God’s children] [MET] are [like] [MET] many [younger] brothers [of Jesus].

30 Y aquellos que fueron marcados por él fueron nombrados; y a los que fueron nombrados fueron justificados; y a aquellos que fueron justificados, y de la misma manera los glorificó él.

And us who God decided previously [that we would become like his Son], he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor.

31 ¿Qué podemos decir sobre estas cosas? Si Dios es por nosotros, ¿quién está contra nosotros?

So (I will tell you what we must conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]./what shall we conclude from [all] these things [that God does for us]?) [RHQ] Because God [is acting] on our behalf, (no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!) [RHQ]

32 El que no retuvo a su único Hijo, sino que lo entregó por todos nosotros, ¿no nos dará también junto con su hijo todas las cosas?

God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over [to others to cruelly kill him] in order that all we [who believe in him] may benefit [from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that], (he will also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything [that we need to live for him], in addition to [giving us] Christ?) [RHQ]

33 ¿Quién dirá algo contra los santos de Dios? Es Dios quien nos justifica;

It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So (no one who accuses us [before God will win against us] (OR, [it does not matter] if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us [before God] will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?) [RHQ]

34 ¿Quién es él que condenará? Es Cristo Jesús quien murió; más aún que resucitó también, quien ahora está a la diestra de Dios, intercediendo por nosotros.

It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads [with God] for us, so (no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?) [RHQ] Christ died [for us], but he was also brought back to life {[God] also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor [ruling] with God [MTY].

35 ¿Quién se interpondrá entre nosotros y el amor de Cristo? ¿Tribulaciones, o angustia, o persecución, o hambres o la falta de ropa, o peligro, o la espada?

Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! [RHQ] That could not [RHQ] happen [because someone] caused us to have trouble [DOU], or [because someone did things to] harm us, or [because we did] not have anything to eat, or [because we did] not have enough clothes, or [because we lived in a] dangerous situation, or [because someone killed us with] a sword [MTY] (OR, murdered us).

36 Como está dicho en las Sagradas Escrituras, por causa de ti somos muertos a diario; somos como ovejas listas para el matadero.

[Such things may happen to us, just like] it is written {[as David] wrote} [that David said to God], “Because we are your [(sg)] people, [other people repeatedly attempt to] kill us. They consider that we are [only people to be killed], [like a butcher considers] that sheep are [only] animals to be slaughtered [MET].”

37 Pero en todo esto somos más que vencedores por medio de aquel que nos amó.

But even though all these bad things [may happen to us], we win a great victory/triumph [over these things because Christ], who loves us, [helps us].

38 Porque estoy seguro de que ni la muerte, ni la vida, ni los ángeles, ni los principados, ni potestades, ni las cosas presentes, ni lo por venir,

I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor [what happens to us while] we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful [beings/forces],

39 Ni las cosas en lo alto, ni las cosas debajo de la tierra, ni ninguna cosa creada, serán capaz de separarnos del amor de Dios que es en Cristo Jesús, nuestro Señor.

nor [powerful beings] above [the horizon] or below [the horizon] [MTY], nor anything else that [God has] created can cause God to stop loving us. [God showed us that he loves us by sending] Jesus Christ our Lord [to die for us].