Romans, 8

1. Thus, condemnation will never come to those who are in Christ Jesus,

1. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2. because the law of the Spirit which gives life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

3. What the Law could not do because of the weakness of human nature, God did, sending his own Son in the same human nature as any sinner to be a sacrifice for sin, and condemning sin in that human nature.

3. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

4. This was so that the Law's requirements might be fully satisfied in us as we direct our lives not by our natural inclinations but by the Spirit.

4. in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5. Those who are living by their natural inclinations have their minds on the things human nature desires; those who live in the Spirit have their minds on spiritual things.

5. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

6. And human nature has nothing to look forward to but death, while the Spirit looks forward to life and peace,

6. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

7. because the outlook of disordered human nature is opposed to God, since it does not submit to God's Law, and indeed it cannot,

7. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot;

8. and those who live by their natural inclinations can never be pleasing to God.

8. and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9. You, however, live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you. Indeed, anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

9. But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

10. But when Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is alive because you have been justified;

10. But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.

11. and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has made his home in you, then he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.

11. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you.

12. So then, my brothers, we have no obligation to human nature to be dominated by it.

12. So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh --

13. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the habits originating in the body, you will have life.

13. for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.

14. All who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God;

14. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

15. for what you received was not the spirit of slavery to bring you back into fear; you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba, Father!'

15. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!"

16. The Spirit himself joins with our spirit to bear witness that we are children of God.

16. it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

17. And if we are children, then we are heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we share his suffering, so as to share his glory.

17. and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

18. In my estimation, all that we suffer in the present time is nothing in comparison with the glory which is destined to be disclosed for us,

18. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

19. for the whole creation is waiting with eagerness for the children of God to be revealed.

19. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God;

20. It was not for its own purposes that creation had frustration imposed on it, but for the purposes of him who imposed it-

20. for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

21. with the intention that the whole creation itself might be freed from its slavery to corruption and brought into the same glorious freedom as the children of God.

21. because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22. We are well aware that the whole creation, until this time, has been groaning in labour pains.

22. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;

23. And not only that: we too, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we are groaning inside ourselves, waiting with eagerness for our bodies to be set free.

23. and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

24. In hope, we already have salvation; in hope, not visibly present, or we should not be hoping -- nobody goes on hoping for something which is already visible.

24. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

25. But having this hope for what we cannot yet see, we are able to wait for it with persevering confidence.

25. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

26. And as well as this, the Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness, for, when we do not know how to pray properly, then the Spirit personally makes our petitions for us in groans that cannot be put into words;

26. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.

27. and he who can see into all hearts knows what the Spirit means because the prayers that the Spirit makes for God's holy people are always in accordance with the mind of God.

27. And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

28. We are well aware that God works with those who love him, those who have been called in accordance with his purpose, and turns everything to their good.

28. We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

29. He decided beforehand who were the ones destined to be moulded to the pattern of his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;

29. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

30. it was those so destined that he called; those that he called, he justified, and those that he has justified he has brought into glory.

30. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

31. After saying this, what can we add? If God is for us, who can be against us?

31. What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us?

32. Since he did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for the sake of all of us, then can we not expect that with him he will freely give us all his gifts?

32. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?

33. Who can bring any accusation against those that God has chosen? When God grants saving justice

33. Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies;

34. who can condemn? Are we not sure that it is Christ Jesus, who died -- yes and more, who was raised from the dead and is at God's right hand -- and who is adding his plea for us?

34. who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?

35. Can anything cut us off from the love of Christ -- can hardships or distress, or persecution, or lack of food and clothing, or threats or violence;

35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36. as scripture says: For your sake we are being massacred all day long, treated as sheep to be slaughtered?

36. As it is written, "For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

37. No; we come through all these things triumphantly victorious, by the power of him who loved us.

37. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

38. For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nothing already in existence and nothing still to come, nor any power,

38. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

39. nor the heights nor the depths, nor any created thing whatever, will be able to come between us and the love of God, known to us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

39. nor 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.