Chapter 8
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus , who don’ t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit .
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death .
3 For what the law couldn’ t do , in that it was weak through the flesh , God did , sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh ,
4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’ t walk according to the flesh , but according to the Spirit .
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 .
6 For the mind of the flesh is death , but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace ;
7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God , for it is not subject to God ’s law , neither indeed can it be .
8 Those who are in the flesh can ’ t please God .
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit , if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you . But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ , he is not his .
10 If Christ is in you , the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness .
11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you , he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you .
12 So then , brothers, we are debtors , not to the flesh , to live after the flesh .
13 For if you live after the flesh , you must die ; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body , you will live .
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God , these are children of God .
15 For you didn’ t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear , but you received the Spirit of adoption , by whom we cry , "Abba! Father !"
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God ;
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 with him .
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us .
19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
20 For the creation was subjected to vanity , not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it , in hope
21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God .
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now .
23 Not only so , but ourselves also , who have the first fruits of the Spirit , even we ourselves groan within ourselves , waiting for adoption , the redemption of our body .
24 For we were saved in hope , but hope that is seen is not hope . For who hopes for that which he sees?
25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience .
26 In the same way , the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’ t know how to pray as we ought . But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can ’ t be uttered.
27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit ’s mind , because he makes intercession for the saints according to God .
28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God , for those who are called according to his purpose .
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 brothers.
30 Whom he predestined , those he also called . Whom he called , those he also justified . Whom he justified , those he also glorified .
31 What then shall we say about these things ? If God is for us , who can be against us ?
32 He 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 ?
33 Who could bring a charge against God ’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies .
34 Who is he who condemns ? It is Christ who died , yes rather , who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God , who also makes intercession for us .
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Could oppression, or anguish , or persecution , or famine , or nakedness , or peril , or sword ?
36 Even as it is written , " For your sake we are killed all day long . We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter ."
37 No , in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us .
38 For I am persuaded that neither death , nor life , nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present , nor things to come , nor powers ,
39 nor height , nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God ’ s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord .