| There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. | Hence, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. |
| 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. | Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things. |
| To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | The desires of the flesh result in death, but the desires of the Spirit result in life and peace. |
| And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. |
| If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. | If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then the one who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you. |
| For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. | Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
| For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” | For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading to fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, “Abba! Father!” |
| It is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God. | The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God. |
| I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. | I consider that the sufferings we presently endure are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed in us. |
| For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God. | Indeed, creation itself eagerly awaits the revelation of the children of God. |
| But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for what we do not yet see, then we wait for it with patience. |
| Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. | In the same way, even the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs that cannot be put into words. |
| And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. | And the one who searches hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. |
| We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. | We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. |
| What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? | What then can we say in response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us? |
| He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? | He did not spare his own Son but gave him up for all of us. How then can he fail also to give us everything else along with him? |
| Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? | Who then can separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? |
| No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us. |
| For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 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. | For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
Related topics
Spirit
Now the Lord is...
Children
But Jesus said, “Let...
God
The LORD, your God...
Love
Love is patient; love...
Life
The LORD will keep...
Dependence
For I, the LORD...