Romans Chapter Eight
There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus and walk according to the Spirit. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. The law, weakened by the flesh, was unable to accomplish what God did by sending His Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to condemn sin. Through Him, the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us as we walk according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the flesh focus on earthly things, but those who live according to the Spirit focus on spiritual things. To be carnally minded leads to death, but to be spiritually minded leads to life and peace. The carnal mind is opposed to God’s law and cannot subject itself to it.
Therefore, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, provided that the Spirit of God dwells in you. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Therefore, brethren, we are not obligated to live according to the flesh. 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.
As many as are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. You have not received the spirit of bondage to fear, but have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if we are children, then we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, provided that we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us. The whole creation eagerly awaits the manifestation of the sons of God, subjected to vanity but in hope. The creation will also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. We know that the entire creation groans and labors with pain until now.
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, also groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For we are saved by hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, for we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
And He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover, whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. With all this in mind, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also freely give us all things?
Who can bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who can condemn? It is Christ who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, interceding for us. Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’
But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor 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.
