Rom 8 | ESV | STEP | There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus .

ca 1 Cor. 4:9; 15:30, 31; 2 Cor. 4:10, 11; See Acts 20:24

‏ Romans 8

Life in the Spirit

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)} 2 For the law of ^bthe Spirit of life ^chas set you ^{▼▼Some manuscripts me} free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For ^eGod has done what the law, ^fweakened by the flesh, ^gcould not do. ^hBy sending his own Son ⁱin the likeness of sinful flesh and ^jfor sin, ^{▼▼Or and as a sin offering} he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that ^lthe righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^mwho walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For ⁿthose who live according to the flesh set their minds on ^othe things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on ^pthe things of the Spirit. 6 For to set ^qthe mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is ^rhostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; ^sindeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^tthe Spirit of God dwells in you. ^uAnyone who does not have ^vthe Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of ^whim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus ^{▼▼Some manuscripts lack Jesus} from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^ythrough his Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

12 So then, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29} we are debtors, ^aanot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^abput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are ^acled by the Spirit of God are ^adsons ^{▼▼See discussion on “sons” in the Preface} of God. 15 For ^afyou did not receive ^agthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^ahadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^ai“Abba! Father!” 16 ^ajThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then ^akheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^alprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^amare not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for ^anthe revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation ^aowas subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^apbecause of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that ^aqthe creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that ^arthe whole creation ^ashas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^atthe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^augroan inwardly as ^avwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^awthe redemption of our bodies. 24 For ^axin this hope we were saved. Now ^ayhope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^azwait for it with patience.

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^bawe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^bbthe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And ^bche who searches hearts knows what is ^bdthe mind of the Spirit, because ^{▼▼Or that} the Spirit ^bfintercedes for the saints ^bgaccording to the will of God. 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together ^bhfor good, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good} for ^bjthose who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he ^bkforeknew he also ^blpredestined ^bmto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^bnthe firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ^bojustified, and those whom he justified he also ^bpglorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? ^bqIf God is for us, who can be ^{▼▼Or who is} against us? 32 ^bsHe who did not spare his own Son but ^btgave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? ^buIt is God who justifies. 34 ^bvWho is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised— ^bwwho is at the right hand of God, ^bxwho indeed is interceding for us. ^{▼▼Or Is it Christ Jesus who died . . . for us?} 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

^bz“For your sake ^cawe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than ^cbconquerors through ^cchim who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.