Rom.8.1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom.8.1
With the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah, that fateful dilemma is resolved. Those who enter into Christ's being-here-for-us no longer have to live under a continuous, low-lying black cloud.
Rom.8.1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
Rom.8.1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Rom.8.1
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
Rom.8.2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom.8.2
A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.
Rom.8.2
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom.8.2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Rom.8.2
For the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you through Christ Jesus from the power of sin that leads to death.
Rom.8.3
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Rom.8.3
God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn't deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that. The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it.
Rom.8.3
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 he condemned sin in sinful man,
Rom.8.3
For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
Rom.8.3
The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
Rom.8.4
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom.8.4
And now what the law code asked for but we couldn't deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.
Rom.8.4
in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Rom.8.4
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Rom.8.4
He did this so that the requirement of the law would be fully accomplished for us who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
Rom.8.5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Rom.8.5
Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God's action in them find that God's Spirit is in them--living and breathing God!
Rom.8.5
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Rom.8.5
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
Rom.8.5
Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
Rom.8.6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom.8.6
Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.
Rom.8.6
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
Rom.8.6
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom.8.6
If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.
Rom.8.7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Rom.8.7
Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing.
Rom.8.7
the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
Rom.8.7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
Rom.8.7
For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.
Rom.8.8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom.8.8
And God isn't pleased at being ignored.
Rom.8.8
Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
Rom.8.8
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom.8.8
That's why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
Rom.8.9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Rom.8.9
But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won't know what we're talking about.
Rom.8.9
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
Rom.8.9
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Rom.8.9
But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not Christians at all.)
Rom.8.10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom.8.10
But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells--even though you still experience all the limitations of sin--you yourself experience life on God's terms.
Rom.8.10
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Rom.8.10
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Rom.8.10
Since Christ lives within you, even though your body will die because of sin, your spirit is alive because you have been made right with God.
Rom.8.11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Rom.8.11
It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he'll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ's!
Rom.8.11
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Rom.8.11
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Rom.8.11
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.
Rom.8.12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Rom.8.12
So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it--yourself life one red cent.
Rom.8.12
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.
Rom.8.12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
Rom.8.12
So, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation whatsoever to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.
Rom.8.13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Rom.8.13
There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life.
Rom.8.13
For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
Rom.8.13
For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Rom.8.13
For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the power of the Holy Spirit you turn from it and its evil deeds, you will live.
Rom.8.14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Rom.8.14
God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go!
Rom.8.14
because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Rom.8.14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Rom.8.14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
Rom.8.15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Rom.8.15
This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?"
Rom.8.15
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Rom.8.15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
Rom.8.15
So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."
Rom.8.16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Rom.8.16
God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.
Rom.8.16
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
Rom.8.16
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Rom.8.16
For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
Rom.8.17
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 together.
Rom.8.17
And we know we are going to get what's coming to us--an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him! [JC]
Rom.8.17
Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Rom.8.17
and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Rom.8.17
And since we are his children, we will share his treasures--for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
Rom.8.18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom.8.18
That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times.
Rom.8.18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Rom.8.18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Rom.8.18
Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.
Rom.8.19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Rom.8.19
The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next.
Rom.8.19
The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
Rom.8.19
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
Rom.8.19
For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.
Rom.8.20
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Rom.8.20
Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in
Rom.8.20
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
Rom.8.20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
Rom.8.20
Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse.
Rom.8.21
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom.8.21
until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.
Rom.8.21
that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Rom.8.21
because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom.8.21
All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
Rom.8.22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom.8.22
All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it's not only around us; it's within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We're also feeling the birth pangs.
Rom.8.22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Rom.8.22
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Rom.8.22
For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Rom.8.23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom.8.23
These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance.
Rom.8.23
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Rom.8.23
Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
Rom.8.23
And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
Rom.8.24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom.8.24
That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don't see what is enlarging us.
Rom.8.24
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
Rom.8.24
For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
Rom.8.24
Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don't need to hope for it.
Rom.8.25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Rom.8.25
But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.
Rom.8.25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Rom.8.25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Rom.8.25
But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.
Rom.8.26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Rom.8.26
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.
Rom.8.26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
Rom.8.26
Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Rom.8.26
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don't even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.
Rom.8.27
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom.8.27
He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.
Rom.8.27
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
Rom.8.27
Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom.8.27
And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will.
Rom.8.28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom.8.28
That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
Rom.8.28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Rom.8.28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Rom.8.28
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
Rom.8.29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom.8.29
God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.
Rom.8.29
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Rom.8.29
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom.8.29
For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters.
Rom.8.30
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom.8.30
After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.
Rom.8.30
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
Rom.8.30
Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Rom.8.30
And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And he gave them right standing with himself, and he promised them his glory.
Rom.8.31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom.8.31
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose?
Rom.8.31
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Rom.8.31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Rom.8.31
What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
Rom.8.32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Rom.8.32
If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us?
Rom.8.32
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Rom.8.32
He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Rom.8.32
Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?
Rom.8.33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Rom.8.33
And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen?
Rom.8.33
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
Rom.8.33
Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Rom.8.33
Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself.
Rom.8.34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom.8.34
Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us--who was raised to life for us!-is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us.
Rom.8.34
Who is he 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 us.
Rom.8.34
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Rom.8.34
Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.
Rom.8.35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom.8.35
Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
Rom.8.35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Rom.8.35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom.8.35
Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death?
Rom.8.36
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom.8.36
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
Rom.8.36
As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
Rom.8.36
As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
Rom.8.36
(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep." )
Rom.8.37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom.8.37
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us.
Rom.8.37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Rom.8.37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Rom.8.37
No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
Rom.8.38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom.8.38
I'm absolutely convinced that nothing--nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,
Rom.8.38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Rom.8.38
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
Rom.8.38
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
Rom.8.39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.8.39
high or low, thinkable or unthinkable--absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
Rom.8.39
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.8.39
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.8.39
Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
