Romans 8

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those in Messiah Jesus.

2For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin; he condemned sin in the flesh,

4so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, on the things of the Spirit.

6For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.

7because the mindset of the flesh is hostility toward God, for it does not submit to the law of God, for it is not even able.

8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Messiah, he does not belong to him.

10But if the Messiah is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.

11And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Messiah Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit dwelling in you.

12So then, brothers, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

13For if you live according to the flesh, you are about to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

17and if children, then heirs also—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Messiah, if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

18For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory that is to be revealed to us.

19For the creation waits with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God.

20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it, in hope

21because creation itself also will be set free from slavery to decay into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

22For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers labor pains together until now.

23And not only that, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting adoption as sons—the redemption of our bodies.

24For in hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patient endurance.

26Likewise, the Spirit also helps in our weakness. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groanings,

27And he who searches hearts knows what the mindset of the Spirit is, because he intercedes for the saints according to God.

28And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good—for those who are called according to purpose.

29For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to 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.

31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

32He indeed did not spare his own Son, but gave him over for us all—how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

33Who will bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

34Who is the one condemning? Messiah Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

35Who will separate us from the Messiah’s love? Will trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

36Just as it is written: “For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were counted as sheep for slaughter.”

37But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through the one who loved us.

38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, 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 the love of God that is in Messiah Jesus our Lord.