Romans 8

1 There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.

2 for through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life-giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of sin and death.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath set me free from the law of sin and death.

3 What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

4 so that the requirements of the Law might be satisfied in us who live now in obedience, not to our earthly nature, but to the Spirit.

that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.

5 They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded.

For they who are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who are led by the Spirit, do mind spiritual things.

6 To be earthly-minded means death, to be spiritually minded means life and peace;

Now to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

7 because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.

because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:

8 They who are earthly cannot please God.

and they who are carnal, cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a person has the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ;

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you: but if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 but, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is life as a consequence of righteousness.

And if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

11 And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

And if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead, will also restore your mortal bodies to life, by his Spirit that now dwelleth in you.

12 So then, friends, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

13 If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.

for if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 All who are guided by the Spirit of God are children of God.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

15 For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a child by adoption, which leads us to cry “Abba, our Father.”

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.

16 The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,

So that the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

17 and if children, then heirs – heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ, since we share Christ’s sufferings in order that we may also share his glory.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ: if so be we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.

18 I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the glory that is to be revealed and bestowed on us.

And I account the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be set against the glory that shall be revealed to us.

19 All nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.

For the earnest expectation of the world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God:

20 For nature was made subject to imperfection – not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so –

(for the world was subjected to vanity, not willingly, but through him who made it subject: )

21 yet not without the hope that some day nature, also, will be set free from enslavement to decay, and will attain to the freedom which will mark the glory of the children of God.

in hope that they also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 We know, indeed, that all nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labour to this very hour.

For we know that the whole world groaneth, and doth as it were travail in pain together even to this day.

23 And not nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit – we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as sons – the redemption of our bodies.

And not only others, but those also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body.

24 By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what any one sees, how doth he yet hope for?

25 But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.

but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.

26 So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.

And the Spirit likewise helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for, as we ought: but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with unutterable groans.

27 Yet he who searches all our hearts knows what the Spirit’s meaning is, because the pleadings of the Spirit for Christ’s people are in accordance with his will.

And He that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit; for he intercedeth for the saints according to the will of God.

28 But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him – those who have received the call in accordance with his purpose.

And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose;

29 For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many brothers and sisters.

for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;

30 And those whom God destined for this he also called; and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous; and those whom he pronounced righteous he also brought to glory.

and whom He called, these he also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

31 What are we to say, then, in the light of all this? If God is on our side, who can there be against us?

What shall we say then to these things? if God be for us, who can be against us?

32 God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all; will he not, then, with him, freely give us all things?

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?

33 Who will bring a charge against any of God’s people? He who pronounces them righteous is God!

Who shall lay any accusation against the elect of God? will God, who justifieth us?

34 Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus! – or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God’s right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!

Who is he that condemneth? Is it Christ, that died for us? yea rather, that is risen again, who is also at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

35 Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 Scripture says – “For your sake we are being killed all the day long, We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

(as it is written, "for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter:")

37 Yet amid all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us!

but 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 archangels, nor the present, nor the future, nor any powers,

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things future,

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord!

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.