Romans 8

¹Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh

²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death

³For though this was impossible under the law, because it was weakened by the flesh, God sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and because of sin, in order to condemn sin in the flesh

⁴so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us. For we are not walking according to the flesh, but according to the spirit

⁵For those who are in agreement with the flesh are mindful of the things of the flesh. But those who are in agreement with the spirit are mindful of the things of the spirit

⁶For the prudence of the flesh is death. But the prudence of the spirit is life and peace

⁷And the wisdom of the flesh is inimical to God. For it is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be

⁸So those who are in the flesh are not able to please God

⁹And you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if it is true that the Spirit of God lives within you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him

¹⁰But if Christ is within you, then the body is indeed dead, concerning sin, but the spirit truly lives, because of justification

¹¹But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead lives within you, then he who raised up Jesus Christ from the dead shall also enliven your mortal bodies, by means of his Spirit living within you

¹²Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, so as to live according to the flesh

¹³For if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God

¹⁵And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!

¹⁶For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God

¹⁷But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with that future glory which shall be revealed in us

¹⁹For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God

²⁰For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope

²¹For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God

²²For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now

²³and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body

²⁴For we have been saved by hope. But a hope which is seen is not hope. For when a man sees something, why would he hope

²⁵But since we hope for what we do not see, we wait with patience

²⁶And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing

²⁷And he who examines hearts knows what the Spirit seeks, because he asks on behalf of the saints in accordance with God

²⁸And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints

²⁹For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers

³⁰And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified

³¹So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us

³²He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things

³³Who will make an accusation against the elect of God? God is the One who justifies

³⁴who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus who has died, and who has indeed also risen again, is at the right hand of God, and even now he intercedes for us

³⁵Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword

³⁶For it is as it has been written: “For your sake, we are being put to death all day long. We are being treated like sheep for the slaughter.

³⁷But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us

³⁸For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength

³⁹nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord