Romans 8:14–39

¹⁴For all those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba!^c Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.

The Glory that is to be Revealed

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the eagerly expecting creation awaits eagerly the revelation of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it, in hope ²¹that the creation itself also will be set free from its servility to decay, into the glorious freedom of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers agony together until now. ²³Not only this, but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves while we^* await eagerly our adoption, the redemption of our body. 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 await it eagerly with patient endurance.

²⁶And likewise also, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with unexpressed groanings. ²⁷And the one who searches our hearts knows what the mindset of the Spirit is, because he intercedes on behalf of the saints according to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose, ²⁹because those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined, these he also called, and those whom he called, these he also justified, and those whom he justified, these he also glorified.

Victory in Christ

³¹What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³²Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, together with him, freely give us all things? ³³Who will bring charges against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies. ³⁴Who is the one who condemns? Christ^d is the one who died, and 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 love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword? ³⁶Just as it is written,

“On account of you we are being put to death the whole day long;

we are considered as sheep for slaughter.”^e

³⁷No, but in all these things we prevail completely 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 Christ Jesus our Lord.