Romans 8:5-39 — Legacy Standard Bible

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. ⁶^aFor 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 at ^aenmity 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 are not able to 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. ¹⁰^aBut if 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, brothers, 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 ^cpractices of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For as many as 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 the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry out, “^cAbba! Father!” ¹⁶The Spirit Himself ^atestifies with our spirit that we are ^bchildren of God, ¹⁷and if children, also ^aheirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Present Suffering and Future Glory

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 eagerly waits for ^bthe revealing of the ^csons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^awas subjected to ^bfutility, not willingly, but ^cbecause of Him who subjected it, in hope ²¹¹that ^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. ²³^aAnd not only this, but also we ourselves, having ^bthe first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves ^cgroan within ourselves, ^deagerly waiting for our adoption as sons, ^ethe redemption of our body. ²⁴For ^ain hope we were 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 eagerly wait for it.

²⁶And in 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 for those who love God ¹^,^aall things work together for good, for those who are ^bcalled according to His purpose. ²⁹Because 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 brothers; ³⁰and those whom He ^apredestined, He also ^bcalled; and those whom He called, He also ^cjustified; and those whom He justified, He also ^dglorified.

God Is for Us

³¹^aWhat then shall we say to these things? ^bIf God is for us, who is against us? ³²He who indeed ^adid not spare His own Son, but ^bdelivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously 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 ¹^,^craised, who is ^dat the right hand of God, who also ^eintercedes for us. ³⁵Who will separate us from ^athe love of ¹Christ? Will ^baffliction, or turmoil, or ^cpersecution, or ^dfamine, or ^enakedness, or ^fperil, or sword? ³⁶Just as it is written, “^aFor Your sake we are being put to death all day long;We were counted as sheep for the slaughter.”

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 rulers, nor ^cthings 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.