Romans 8:5–39

⁵For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on ^athe things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, ^bthe things of the Spirit.

^6aFor the mind set on the flesh is ^bdeath, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

⁷because the mind set on the flesh is ^ahostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

⁸and those who are ^ain the flesh cannot please God.

⁹However, you are not ^ain the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God ^bdwells in you. But ^cif anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

^10aIf Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is ¹alive because of righteousness.

¹¹But if the Spirit of Him who ^araised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ^bHe who raised ^cChrist Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ¹through His Spirit who dwells in you.

¹²So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

¹³for ^aif you are living according to the flesh, you ¹must die; but if by the Spirit you are ^bputting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

¹⁴For all who are ^abeing led by the Spirit of God, these are ^bsons of God.

¹⁵For you ^ahave not received a spirit of slavery ¹leading to fear again, but you ^bhave received ²a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “^cAbba! Father!”

¹⁶The Spirit Himself ^atestifies with our spirit that we are ^bchildren of God,

¹⁷and if children, ^aheirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^aare not worthy to be compared with the ^bglory that is to be revealed to us.

¹⁹For the ^aanxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for ^bthe revealing of the ^csons of God.

²⁰For the creation ^awas subjected to ^bfutility, not willingly, but ^cbecause of Him who subjected it, ¹in hope

²¹that ^athe creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

²²For we know that the whole creation ^agroans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

^23aAnd not only this, but also we ourselves, having ^bthe first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves ^cgroan within ourselves, ^dwaiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, ^ethe redemption of our body.

²⁴For ^ain hope we have been saved, but ^bhope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

²⁵But ^aif we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Our Victory in Christ

²⁶In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for ^awe do not know how to pray as we should, but ^bthe Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

²⁷and ^aHe who searches the hearts knows what ^bthe mind of the Spirit is, because He ^cintercedes for the ¹saints according to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that ¹God causes ^aall things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are ^bcalled according to His purpose.

²⁹For those whom He ^aforeknew, He also ^bpredestined to become ^cconformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the ^dfirstborn among many brethren;

³⁰and these whom He ^apredestined, He also ^bcalled; and these whom He called, He also ^cjustified; and these whom He justified, He also ^dglorified.

^31aWhat then shall we say to these things? ^bIf God is for us, who is against us?

³²He who ^adid not spare His own Son, but ^bdelivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

³³Who will bring a charge against ^aGod’s elect? ^bGod is the one who justifies;

³⁴who is the one who ^acondemns? Christ Jesus is He who ^bdied, yes, rather who was ^1craised, who is ^dat the right hand of God, who also ^eintercedes for us.

³⁵Who will separate us from ^athe love of ¹Christ? Will ^btribulation, or distress, or ^cpersecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

³⁶Just as it is written,

“^aFor Your sake we are being put to death all day long;

We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷But in all these things we overwhelmingly ^aconquer through ^bHim who loved us.

³⁸For I am convinced that neither ^adeath, nor life, nor ^bangels, nor principalities, 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 ^athe love of God, which is ^bin Christ Jesus our Lord.