Romans 8:11–39

¹¹But if the Spirit of ^mHim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ⁿHe who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ⁴through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Sonship Through the Spirit

^12oTherefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For ^pif you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you ^qput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For ^ras many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For ^syou did not receive the spirit of bondage again ^tto fear, but you received the ^uSpirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ^v“Abba, ⁵Father.” ^16wThe Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^xheirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, ^yif indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

From Suffering to Glory

¹⁸For I consider that ^zthe sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. ¹⁹For ^athe earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For ^bthe creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; ²¹because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of ⁶corruption into the glorious ^cliberty of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation ^dgroans and labors with birth pangs together until now. ²³Not only that, but we also who have ^ethe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^feven we ourselves groan ^gwithin ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the ^hredemption of our body. ²⁴For we were saved in this hope, but ⁱhope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For ^jwe do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but ^kthe Spirit Himself makes intercession ⁷for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷Now ^lHe who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints ^maccording to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those ⁿwho are the called according to His purpose. ²⁹For whom ^oHe foreknew, ^pHe also predestined ^qto be conformed to the image of His Son, ^rthat He might be the firstborn among many brethren. ³⁰Moreover whom He predestined, these He also ^scalled; whom He called, these He also ^tjustified; and whom He justified, these He also ^uglorified.

God’s Everlasting Love

³¹What then shall we say to these things? ^vIf God is for us, who can be against us? ^32wHe who did not spare His own Son, but ^xdelivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? ³³Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? ^yIt is God who justifies. ^34zWho is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, ^awho is even at the right hand of God, ^bwho also makes intercession for us. ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶As it is written:

^c“For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

^37dYet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor ^eprincipalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.