Romans 8:4-37

⁴So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

⁵For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

⁶For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

⁷Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be:

⁸So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

⁹You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

¹¹But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

¹²So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

¹³For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

¹⁴And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

¹⁵For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

¹⁶The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

¹⁷And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

¹⁸I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

¹⁹For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

²⁰For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

²¹That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

²²For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

²³And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

²⁴For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

²⁵But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

²⁶And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

²⁷And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.

²⁸And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

²⁹Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

³⁰And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.

³¹What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

³²He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

³³Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;

³⁴Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

³⁵Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

³⁶As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

³⁷But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.