The Bible

Romans Chapter 8

¹So [there is] now no condemnation for those who are in AnointedOne Jesus, [*who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.] ²For the law of the Spirit of life in AnointedOne Jesus freed us from the law of shortcoming and death. ³For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, by sending his own Son with the very likeness of shortcoming flesh [as an offering for] shortcoming he condemned shortcoming in the flesh, ⁴that the righteous-requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ⁵For those who live in accordance with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live in accordance with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. ⁶For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; ⁷because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God, for it is not subject to God's law, nor indeed can it be. ⁸Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

⁹But you-all are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you-all. But if anyone doesn't have the Spirit of AnointedOne, he is not his. ¹⁰If AnointedOne is in you-all, the body is dead because of shortcoming, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit [that] raised Jesus from the dead lives in you-all, he who raised AnointedOne [*Jesus] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you-all.

¹²So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you-all live according to the flesh, you-all must die; but if by the Spirit you-all put to death the deeds of the body, you-all will live. ¹⁴For those led by the Spirit of God, are sons of God. ¹⁵For you-all didn't receive the spirit of slavery again to fear, but you-all received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Daddy! Father!"

¹⁶The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; ¹⁷and if children, then heirs- heirs of God and joint heirs with AnointedOne, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. ¹⁹For creation earnestly-waits, eagerly-expecting the sons of God to be revealed. ²⁰For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that the creation itself also will be delivered from the slavery of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that all creation groans-together and strains-together-in-birthing until now. ²³Not only creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan within, eagerly-expecting our adoption, the redemption of our body. ²⁴For we were saved in hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what they [already] see? ²⁵But if we hope for what we don't [yet] see, we eagerly-expect it with patience.

²⁶In the same way, the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we don't know what we need to pray. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with inexpressible groanings. ²⁷And the one who searches hearts knows what the Spirit's purpose is, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

²⁸And we know that all things work together for the good of those who selflessly-love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

³¹What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³²He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? ³³Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies. ³⁴Who is he who condemns? It is AnointedOne who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

³⁵Who [can] separate us from the selfless-love of AnointedOne? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶Even as it is written,
"For your sake we are killed all day long.
We were counted as sheep for the slaughter."

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who selflessly-loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God's selfless-love which is in AnointedOne Jesus our Lord.