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Romans 5-8
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5 Being therefore justified [a]by faith, [b]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 through whom also we have had our access [c]by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and [d]we [e]rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but [f]we also [g]rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; 4 and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope: 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been [h]shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us. 6 For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified [i]by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved [j]by his life; 11 and not only so, [k]but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

12 Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:— 13 for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come. 15 But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound unto the many. 16 And not as through one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment came of one unto condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses unto [l]justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and [m]of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ. 18 So then as through one trespass the judgment came unto all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came unto all men to justification of life. 19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous. 20 And [n]the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein? 3 Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become [o]united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection; 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; 7 for he that hath died is [p]justified from sin. 8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; 9 knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him. 10 For [q]the death that he died, he died unto sin [r]once: but [s]the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: 13 neither present your members unto sin as [t]instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.

15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as [u]servants unto obedience, his [v]servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God, [w]that, whereas ye were [x]servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that [y]form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; 18 and being made free from sin, ye became [z]servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. 20 For when ye were [aa]servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. 21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

7 Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know [ab]the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? 2 For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband. 3 So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God. 5 For when we were in the flesh, the [ac]sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. 6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through [ad]the law: for I had not known [ae]coveting, except the law had said, [af]Thou shalt not [ag]covet: 8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of [ah]coveting: for apart from [ai]the law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive apart from [aj]the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; 10 and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death: 11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. 13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;—that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I [ak]do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do. 16 But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 So now it is no more I that [al]do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to [am]do that which is good is not. 19 For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise. 20 But if what I would not, that I do, it is no more I that [an]do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. 21 I find then [ao]the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present. 22 For I delight [ap]in the law of God after the inward man: 23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity [aq]under the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of [ar]the body of this death? 25 [as]I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the law could not do, [at]in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of [au]sinful flesh [av]and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the [aw]ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 7 because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be: 8 and they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies [ax]through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh: 13 for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the [ay]deeds of the body, ye shall live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, [az]in hope 21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain [ba]together until now. 23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For [bb]in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: [bc]for who [bd]hopeth for that which he seeth? 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with [be]patience wait for it.

26 And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, [bf]because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that to them that love God [bg]all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, 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 these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? [bh]It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? [bi]It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love [bj]of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written,

[bk]For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other [bl]creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:1 Greek out of.
  2. Romans 5:1 Many ancient authorities read let us have.
  3. Romans 5:2 Some ancient authorities omit by faith.
  4. Romans 5:2 Or, let us rejoice
  5. Romans 5:2 Greek glory. Verse 11; Heb. 3:6.
  6. Romans 5:3 Or, let us also rejoice
  7. Romans 5:3 Greek glory. Verse 11; Heb. 3:6.
  8. Romans 5:5 Greek poured out.
  9. Romans 5:9 Greek in.
  10. Romans 5:10 Greek in.
  11. Romans 5:11 Greek but also glorying. Compare verse 2.
  12. Romans 5:16 Greek an act of righteousness. Rev. 15:4; 19:8.
  13. Romans 5:17 Some ancient authorities omit of the gift.
  14. Romans 5:20 Or, law
  15. Romans 6:5 Or, united with the likeness  . . . with the likeness
  16. Romans 6:7 Or, released. Compare Ecclus. 26:29 (Greek); 7:1.
  17. Romans 6:10 Or, in that
  18. Romans 6:10 Greek once for all. Heb. 7:27.
  19. Romans 6:10 Or, in that
  20. Romans 6:13 Or, weapons. Compare 2 Cor. 10:4.
  21. Romans 6:16 Greek bondservants.
  22. Romans 6:16 Greek bondservants.
  23. Romans 6:17 Or, that ye were . . . but ye became
  24. Romans 6:17 Greek bondservants.
  25. Romans 6:17 Or, pattern
  26. Romans 6:18 Greek bondservents.
  27. Romans 6:20 Greek bondservants.
  28. Romans 7:1 Or, law
  29. Romans 7:5 Greek passions of sins.
  30. Romans 7:7 Or, law
  31. Romans 7:7 Or, lust
  32. Romans 7:7 Ex. 20:17; Dt. 5:21.
  33. Romans 7:7 Or, lust
  34. Romans 7:8 Or, lust
  35. Romans 7:8 Or, law
  36. Romans 7:9 Or, law
  37. Romans 7:15 Greek work.
  38. Romans 7:17 Greek work.
  39. Romans 7:18 Greek work.
  40. Romans 7:20 Greek work.
  41. Romans 7:21 Or, in regard of the law. Compare verses 12, 14
  42. Romans 7:22 Greek with.
  43. Romans 7:23 Greek in. Many ancient authorities read to.
  44. Romans 7:24 Or, this body of death
  45. Romans 7:25 Many ancient authorities read But thanks be to God. Compare 6:17.
  46. Romans 8:3 Or, wherein
  47. Romans 8:3 Greek flesh of sin.
  48. Romans 8:3 Or, and as an offering for sin. Lev. 7:37; Heb. 10:6; etc.
  49. Romans 8:4 Or, requirement
  50. Romans 8:11 Many ancient authorities read because of.
  51. Romans 8:13 Greek doings.
  52. Romans 8:20 Or, in hope; because the creation etc.
  53. Romans 8:22 Or, with us
  54. Romans 8:24 Or, by
  55. Romans 8:24 Many ancient authorities read for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
  56. Romans 8:24 Some ancient authorities read awaiteth.
  57. Romans 8:25 Or, stedfastness
  58. Romans 8:27 Or, that
  59. Romans 8:28 Some ancient authorities read God worketh all things with them for good.
  60. Romans 8:33 Or, Shall God that justifieth?
  61. Romans 8:34 Or, Shall Christ Jesus that died,  . . . us?
  62. Romans 8:35 Some ancient authorities read of God.
  63. Romans 8:36 Ps. 44:22.
  64. Romans 8:39 Or, creation
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Romans 5-8
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Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified(A) through faith,(B) we[a] have peace(C) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,(D) 2 through whom we have gained access(E) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.(F) And we[b] boast in the hope(G) of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings,(H) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(I) 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope(J) does not put us to shame, because God’s love(K) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(L) who has been given to us.

6 You see, at just the right time,(M) when we were still powerless,(N) Christ died for the ungodly.(O) 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(P)

9 Since we have now been justified(Q) by his blood,(R) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(S) through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies,(T) we were reconciled(U) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(V) 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.(W)

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(X) and death through sin,(Y) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(Z)—

13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.(AA) 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,(AB) who is a pattern of the one to come.(AC)

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,(AD) how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,(AE) overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death(AF) reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life(AG) through the one man, Jesus Christ!

18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,(AH) so also one righteous act resulted in justification(AI) and life(AJ) for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man(AK) the many were made sinners,(AL) so also through the obedience(AM) of the one man the many will be made righteous.

20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(AN) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(AO) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(AP) so also grace(AQ) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life(AR) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

6 What shall we say, then?(AS) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?(AT) 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(AU) how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized(AV) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(AW) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(AX) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(AY)

5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(AZ) 6 For we know that our old self(BA) was crucified with him(BB) so that the body ruled by sin(BC) might be done away with,[d] that we should no longer be slaves to sin(BD)— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.(BE)

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.(BF) 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,(BG) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.(BH) 10 The death he died, he died to sin(BI) once for all;(BJ) but the life he lives, he lives to God.

11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin(BK) but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign(BL) in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(BM) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(BN) 14 For sin shall no longer be your master,(BO) because you are not under the law,(BP) but under grace.(BQ)

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(BR) By no means! 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey(BS)—whether you are slaves to sin,(BT) which leads to death,(BU) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God(BV) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,(BW) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching(BX) that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin(BY) and have become slaves to righteousness.(BZ)

19 I am using an example from everyday life(CA) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness(CB) leading to holiness. 20 When you were slaves to sin,(CC) you were free from the control of righteousness.(CD) 21 What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!(CE) 22 But now that you have been set free from sin(CF) and have become slaves of God,(CG) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.(CH) 23 For the wages of sin is death,(CI) but the gift of God is eternal life(CJ) in[e] Christ Jesus our Lord.

Released From the Law, Bound to Christ

7 Do you not know, brothers and sisters(CK)—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(CL) 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(CM) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(CN) through the body of Christ,(CO) that you might belong to another,(CP) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[f](CQ) the sinful passions aroused by the law(CR) were at work in us,(CS) so that we bore fruit for death.(CT) 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law(CU) so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.(CV)

The Law and Sin

7 What shall we say, then?(CW) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(CX) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(CY) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[g](CZ) 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(DA) produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.(DB) 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(DC) actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(DD) deceived me,(DE) and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(DF)

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(DG) to bring about my death,(DH) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(DI) sold(DJ) as a slave to sin.(DK) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(DL) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(DM) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(DN) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[h](DO) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(DP) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(DQ)

21 So I find this law at work:(DR) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(DS) I delight in God’s law;(DT) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(DU) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(DV) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(DW) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(DX)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(DY) but in my sinful nature[i] a slave to the law of sin.(DZ)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(EA) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(EB) 2 because through Christ Jesus(EC) the law of the Spirit who gives life(ED) has set you[j] free(EE) from the law of sin(EF) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(EG) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[k](EH) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(EI) to be a sin offering.[l](EJ) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(EK) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(EL)

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(EM) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(EN) 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death,(EO) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(EP) and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(EQ) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(ER) cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(ES) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(ET) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(EU) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(EV) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[m] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(EW) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(EX) because of[n] his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.(EY) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(EZ) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(FA) you will live.(FB)

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(FC) are the children of God.(FD) 15 The Spirit(FE) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(FF) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[o] And by him we cry, “Abba,[p] Father.”(FG) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(FH) that we are God’s children.(FI) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(FJ)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(FK) in order that we may also share in his glory.(FL)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(FM) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(FN) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(FO) in hope 21 that[q] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(FP) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(FQ)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(FR) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(FS) groan(FT) inwardly as we wait eagerly(FU) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(FV) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(FW) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(FX) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(FY)

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(FZ) himself intercedes for us(GA) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(GB) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(GC) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(GD) of those who love him, who[r] have been called(GE) according to his purpose.(GF) 29 For those God foreknew(GG) he also predestined(GH) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(GI) that he might be the firstborn(GJ) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(GK) he also called;(GL) those he called, he also justified;(GM) those he justified, he also glorified.(GN)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(GO) If God is for us,(GP) who can be against us?(GQ) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(GR) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge(GS) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(GT) No one. Christ Jesus who died(GU)—more than that, who was raised to life(GV)—is at the right hand of God(GW) and is also interceding for us.(GX) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(GY) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(GZ) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[s](HA)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(HB) through him who loved us.(HC) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[t] neither the present nor the future,(HD) nor any powers,(HE) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(HF) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(HG)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:1 Many manuscripts let us
  2. Romans 5:2 Or let us
  3. Romans 5:3 Or let us
  4. Romans 6:6 Or be rendered powerless
  5. Romans 6:23 Or through
  6. Romans 7:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  7. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21
  8. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
  9. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
  10. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  11. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  12. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
  13. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
  14. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
  15. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  16. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
  17. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
  18. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
  19. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  20. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
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