New Testament · Letters

Romans chapter 8

So here’s the bottom line: There is now no for those who are in , Jesus.Because the of — working through The One, Jesus — has set you free from the principle of and death.Because what the law couldn’t do — since it was weakened by our — God did. He sent his own Son in the same kind of human body that corruption had twisted, and as a response to that corruption, he right there in human flesh.He did this so that could be fully met in us — in those of us who don’t our human nature, but according to The Breath.Here’s the difference: People who are their human nature have their what human nature wants. But people who are oriented toward The Breath have their minds set on what The Breath wants.Because having your mind set on human nature leads to , but having your mind set on The Breath leads to life and .This is because the mindset focused on human nature is . It doesn’t submit to — it actually can’t.Those who are can’t please God.But you are not controlled by human nature — you are in The Breath, if in fact The Breath of God . And if anyone doesn’t have , they don’t belong to him.But if The One is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of corruption, The Breath is life for you because you’ve been .And if The Breath of the one who raised Jesus from death lives in you, then the one who raised The One from death will also give life to your through his Breath who lives in you.So then, , we our human nature — we have no obligation to live according to it.Because if you live according to your human nature, you’re heading toward death. But if by The Breath you the , you will truly live.Because all who are The Breath of God — these are .Because you didn’t receive a that drags you back into fear. No — you received The Breath who makes you , and by him we cry out, “! Father!”The Breath himself our own spirit — we are God’s children.And if we’re children, then we’re — heirs of God, and . But the deal is this: if we share in his suffering, we will also share in his .Here’s what I’m of: whatever we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory that’s going to be .All of is for God’s children to be revealed.Because creation was — not by its own choice, but because of — and it lives in because creation itself will be from its and brought into the of God’s children.We know that all of creation has been , , right up to the present moment.And it’s not just creation — we ourselves, who have the , we groan inwardly too, as we eagerly wait for the full experience of being adopted: the .Because we were in this . But hope that you can already see isn’t really hope — who hopes for something they already have?But if we hope for what we don’t yet see, we wait for it with .In the same way, The Breath us in our . We don’t even know what we should be praying for, but The Breath himself pleads on our behalf with .And the one who knows exactly what The Breath intends, because The Breath pleads for , perfectly in line with God’s will.And we know that God for the good of those who love him — those who have been according to his purpose.Because those God , he also to be of his Son, so that his Son would be the among many brothers and sisters.And those he destined in advance, he also called. Those he called, he also . And those he made right, he also .So what do we say in response to all this? If God is , who can stand against us?He didn’t even spare his own Son but for all of us — so how would he not also, along with him, generously give us everything?Who will the people God has ? God himself has declared them right!Who is going to condemn? The One, Jesus, is the one who died — and more than that, was raised back to life — and is now at , !So who can us from ? Can trouble? Hardship? Persecution? Hunger? Poverty? Danger? Violence?As the say: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are treated like sheep lined up for slaughter.”No — in all these things we are through the one who loved us.Because I am that neither death nor life, neither angels nor , neither the present nor the future, nor any ,neither , nor , will be able to separate us from , Jesus our Lord.