Romans 8:12–39

Heirs with Christ

¹²So then, brothers,⁵ we are debtors, ^cnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^dput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^eled by the Spirit of God are ^fsons⁶ of God. ¹⁵For ^gyou did not receive ^hthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ⁱadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^j“Abba! Father!” ^16kThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^lheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^mprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ⁿare not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^othe revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^pwas subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^qbecause of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^rthe creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that ^sthe whole creation ^thas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^uthe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^vgroan inwardly as ^wwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^xthe redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For ^yin this hope we were saved. Now ^zhope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^await for it with patience.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^bwe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^cthe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷And ^dhe who searches hearts knows what is ^ethe mind of the Spirit, because⁷ the Spirit ^fintercedes for the saints ^gaccording to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that for those who love God all things work together ^hfor good,⁸ for ⁱthose who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For those whom he ^jforeknew he also ^kpredestined ^lto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^mthe firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ⁿjustified, and those whom he justified he also ^oglorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

³¹What then shall we say to these things? ^pIf God is for us, who can be⁹ against us? ^32qHe who did not spare his own Son but ^rgave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? ³³Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? ^sIt is God who justifies. ^34tWho is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—^uwho is at the right hand of God, ^vwho indeed is interceding for us.^{10 35}Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written,

^w“For your sake ^xwe are being killed all the day long;

we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than ^yconquerors through ^zhim who loved us. ³⁸For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.