Romans 8 - New International Version (NIV)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation^(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,^{(B) 2} because through Christ Jesus^(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life^(D) has set you^[a] free^(E) from the law of sin^(F) and death. ³ For what the law was powerless^(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(I) to be a sin offering.^[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement^(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(L)

⁵ Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^(M) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^{(N) 6} The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(P) and peace. ⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸ Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(R) cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(S) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(T) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(U) they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you,^(V) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^[d] because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^(W) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(X) because of^[e] his Spirit who lives in you.

¹² Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^{(Y) 13} For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^(Z) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^(AA) you will live.^(AB)

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(AC) are the children of God.^{(AD) 15} The Spirit^(AE) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;^(AF) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[g] Father.”^{(AG) 16} The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit^(AH) that we are God’s children.^{(AI) 17} Now if we are children, then we are heirs^(AJ)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings^(AK) in order that we may also share in his glory.^(AL)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.^{(AM) 19} For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(AN) to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,^(AO) in hope ²¹ that^[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^(AP) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^(AQ)

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(AR) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,^(AS) groan^(AT) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(AU) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(AV) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(AW) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(AX) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(AY)

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit^(AZ) himself intercedes for us^(BA) through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(BB) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes^(BC) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good^(BD) of those who love him, who^[i] have been called^(BE) according to his purpose.^{(BF) 29} For those God foreknew^(BG) he also predestined^(BH) to be conformed to the image of his Son,^(BI) that he might be the firstborn^(BJ) among many brothers and sisters. ³⁰ And those he predestined,^(BK) he also called;^(BL) those he called, he also justified;^(BM) those he justified, he also glorified.^(BN)

More Than Conquerors

³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things?^(BO) If God is for us,^(BP) who can be against us?^{(BQ) 32} He who did not spare his own Son,^(BR) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? ³³ Who will bring any charge^(BS) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. ³⁴ Who then is the one who condemns?^(BT) No one. Christ Jesus who died^(BU)—more than that, who was raised to life^(BV)—is at the right hand of God^(BW) and is also interceding for us.^{(BX) 35} Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?^(BY) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?^{(BZ) 36} As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[j](CA)

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors^(CB) through him who loved us.^{(CC) 38} For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[k] neither the present nor the future,^(CD) nor any powers,^{(CE) 39} neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God^(CF) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.^(CG)

Footnotes

1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
2. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
4. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
5. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
6. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
7. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
8. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. ²¹ For
9. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
10. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
11. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

Cross references

1. Romans 8:1 : ver 34
2. Romans 8:1 : ver 39; S Ro 16:3
3. Romans 8:2 : Ro 7:25
4. Romans 8:2 : 1Co 15:45
5. Romans 8:2 : Jn 8:32, 36; S Ro 6:18
6. Romans 8:2 : S Ro 6:16; S 7:4
7. Romans 8:3 : Heb 7:18; 10:1-4
8. Romans 8:3 : Ro 7:18, 19; S Gal 5:24
9. Romans 8:3 : S Php 2:7
10. Romans 8:3 : Heb 2:14, 17
11. Romans 8:4 : Ro 2:26
12. Romans 8:4 : S Gal 5:16
13. Romans 8:5 : Gal 5:19-21
14. Romans 8:5 : Gal 5:22-25
15. Romans 8:6 : S Ro 6:23
16. Romans 8:6 : ver 13; Gal 6:8
17. Romans 8:7 : Jas 4:4
18. Romans 8:8 : S Gal 5:24
19. Romans 8:9 : S Gal 5:24
20. Romans 8:9 : ver 11; 1Co 6:19; 2Ti 1:14
21. Romans 8:9 : Jn 14:17; S Ac 16:7; 1Jn 4:13
22. Romans 8:10 : ver 9; Ex 29:45; Jn 14:20, 23; 2Co 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27; Rev 3:20
23. Romans 8:11 : S Ac 2:24
24. Romans 8:11 : Jn 5:21; S Ro 6:5
25. Romans 8:12 : ver 4; S Gal 5:24
26. Romans 8:13 : S Ro 6:23
27. Romans 8:13 : S Ro 6:2
28. Romans 8:13 : ver 6; Gal 6:8
29. Romans 8:14 : S Gal 5:18
30. Romans 8:14 : ver 19; Hos 1:10; Mal 3:17; Mt 5:9; S Jn 1:12; Gal 3:26; 4:5; Eph 1:5; Rev 21:7
31. Romans 8:15 : S Jn 20:22
32. Romans 8:15 : S 2Ti 1:7
33. Romans 8:15 : Mk 14:36; Gal 4:5, 6
34. Romans 8:16 : 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13
35. Romans 8:16 : S ver 14; S Jn 1:12
36. Romans 8:17 : S Ac 20:32; Gal 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Tit 3:7
37. Romans 8:17 : S 2Co 1:5
38. Romans 8:17 : 2Ti 2:12; 1Pe 4:13
39. Romans 8:18 : 2Co 4:17; 1Pe 4:13; 5:1
40. Romans 8:19 : S ver 14
41. Romans 8:20 : Ge 3:17-19; 5:29
42. Romans 8:21 : Ac 3:21; 2Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1
43. Romans 8:21 : S Jn 1:12
44. Romans 8:22 : Jer 12:4
45. Romans 8:23 : S 2Co 5:5
46. Romans 8:23 : 2Co 5:2, 4
47. Romans 8:23 : ver 19; Gal 5:5
48. Romans 8:23 : ver 11; Php 3:21
49. Romans 8:24 : 1Th 5:8; Tit 3:7
50. Romans 8:24 : S 2Co 4:18
51. Romans 8:25 : Ps 37:7
52. Romans 8:26 : ver 15, 16
53. Romans 8:26 : Eph 6:18
54. Romans 8:27 : S Rev 2:23
55. Romans 8:27 : S ver 34
56. Romans 8:28 : Ge 50:20; Isa 38:17; Jer 29:11
57. Romans 8:28 : ver 30; Ro 11:29; 1Co 1:9; Gal 1:6, 15; Eph 4:1, 4; 1Th 2:12; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 2:9; 2Pe 1:10
58. Romans 8:28 : Eph 1:11; 3:11; Heb 6:17
59. Romans 8:29 : Ro 11:2; 1Pe 1:2
60. Romans 8:29 : Eph 1:5, 11
61. Romans 8:29 : 1Co 15:49; 2Co 3:18; Php 3:21; 1Jn 3:2
62. Romans 8:29 : S Col 1:18
63. Romans 8:30 : Eph 1:5, 11
64. Romans 8:30 : S ver 28
65. Romans 8:30 : S Ro 4:25
66. Romans 8:30 : Ro 9:23
67. Romans 8:31 : Ro 4:1; 6:1; 7:7; 9:14, 30
68. Romans 8:31 : Ex 3:12; Isa 41:10; Hag 1:13
69. Romans 8:31 : Ps 56:9; 118:6; Isa 8:10; Jer 20:11; Heb 13:6
70. Romans 8:32 : Ge 22:13; Mal 3:17; Jn 3:16; Ro 5:8
71. Romans 8:33 : Isa 50:8, 9
72. Romans 8:34 : ver 1
73. Romans 8:34 : Ro 5:6-8
74. Romans 8:34 : S Ac 2:24
75. Romans 8:34 : S Mk 16:19
76. Romans 8:34 : ver 27; Job 16:20; Isa 53:12; Heb 7:25; 9:24; 1Jn 2:1
77. Romans 8:35 : ver 37-39
78. Romans 8:35 : 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26, 27
79. Romans 8:36 : Ps 44:22; 1Co 4:9; 15:30, 31; 2Co 4:11; 6:9; 11:23
80. Romans 8:37 : 1Co 15:57
81. Romans 8:37 : Ro 5:8; Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; Rev 1:5; 3:9
82. Romans 8:38 : 1Co 3:22
83. Romans 8:38 : Eph 1:21; Col 1:16; 1Pe 3:22
84. Romans 8:39 : S Ro 5:8
85. Romans 8:39 : ver 1; S Ro 16:3