Romans Chapter 8
(Romans 8 NAPSV)
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
who is in Christ Jesus, because
through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set
free from the law of sin and
death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature,
God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so
God condemned sin in
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be
fully met in
who no longer lives according to the sinful, self-centered nature but
according to the Spirit. Those who live according to the sinful, self-centered nature have
their minds set on what that self-centered nature desires; but those who live in
accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
The mind of
the self-centered person is death, but
mind controlled by the Spirit is life and
peace; the self-centered mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can
it. Those controlled by the sinful, self-centered nature cannot please God.
however, is controlled not by the self-centered nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of
God lives in
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong
to Christ. But if Christ is in
then
body is dead because of sin, yet
spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus
from the dead is living in
the One who raised Christ from the dead will also give
life to
mortal body through the Spirit, who lives inside.
Therefore,
has an obligation--but not to the sinful, self-centered nature. For if
lives according to the sinful, self-centered nature,
will die; but if by the Spirit
puts to death the misdeeds of the body,
will live, because those who are led
by the Spirit of God are heirs of God. For
did not receive a spirit that makes
a slave to fear, but
received the Spirit of heirship. And by that Spirit
cries, "Abba, Father." The Spirit personally testifies with
spirit that
is God's child. Now if
is a child of God, then
is an heir of God and
co-heir with Christ, if indeed
shares in Christ's sufferings in order that
may also share in Christ's glory. I consider that
present sufferings are not
worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in
The creation waits in eager
expectation for the heirs of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to
frustration, not by choice, but by the will of the One who subjected it, in hope that the
creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious
freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in
the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who
have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as
heirs, the redemption of our bodies.
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen
is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if
hopes for what
does not yet have,
waits for it patiently. In the same way, the Spirit helps
in human weakness.
does not know what to pray for, but the
Spirit personally intercedes with groans that words cannot express. And the One
who searches
heart knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes in accordance with God's will.
And we know that in all things God
works for
benefit, who loves God and has been called according to God's
purpose. For those God foreknew God predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His
Son, that Jesus might be the firstborn among many siblings. And those God predestined, God
also called; those God called, God also justified; those God justified, God also
glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for
who can be against
God who did not spare Jesus, but gave Him up for
-- how will God
not also, along with Jesus, graciously give
all things?
Who will bring any charge against
the one whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies
Someone not of God is the one that condemns
Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is
at the right hand of God and is also interceding for
Who shall separate
from the love of Christ? Shall trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger
or sword? As it is written: "For His sake
faces death all day long; we are
considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things
is more than a
conqueror through God who loves
For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the past, the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
