Dual Panel1There is therefore <686> now <3568> no <3762> condemnation <2631> for those who are in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
2For <1063> the law <3551> of the life-giving <2222> Spirit <4151> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> has set <1659> you <4571> free <1659> from <575> the law <3551> of sin <266> and <2532> death <2288>.
3For <1063> God <2316> achieved <102> what <3739> the law <3551> could not do because it was weakened <770> through <1223> the flesh <4561>. By sending <3992> his own <1438> Son <5207> in <1722> the likeness <3667> of sinful <266> flesh <4561> and <2532> concerning <4012> sin <266>, he condemned <2632> sin <266> in <1722> the flesh <4561>,
4so that <2443> the righteous requirement <1345> of the law <3551> may be fulfilled <4137> in <1722> us <2254>, who do <4043> not <3361> walk <4043> according <2596> to the flesh <4561> but <235> according <2596> to the Spirit <4151>.
5For <1063> those who live <1510> according <2596> to the flesh <4561> have their outlook shaped <5426> by the things of the flesh <4561>, but <1161> those who live according to <2596> the Spirit <4151> have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit <4151>.
6For <1063> the outlook <5427> of the flesh <4561> is death <2288>, but <1161> the outlook <5427> of the Spirit <4151> is life <2222> and <2532> peace <1515>,
7because <1360> the outlook <5427> of the flesh <4561> is hostile <2189> to <1519> God <2316>, for <1063> it does <5293> not <3756> submit <5293> to the law <3551> of God <2316>, nor <3761> is it able <1410> to do so.
8Those <1161> who are <1510> in <1722> the flesh <4561> cannot <3756> <1410> please <700> God <2316>.
9You <5210>, however <1161>, are <1510> not <3756> in <1722> the flesh <4561> but <235> in <1722> the Spirit <4151>, if indeed <1512> the Spirit <4151> of God <2316> lives <3611> in <1722> you <5213>. Now if <1487> anyone <5100> does not <3756> have <2192> the Spirit <4151> of Christ <5547>, this <3778> person does not <3756> belong <1510> to him <846>.
10But <1161> if <1487> Christ <5547> is in <1722> you <5213>, your body <4983> is dead <3498> because of <1223> sin <266>, but <1161> the Spirit <4151> is your life <2222> because <1223> of righteousness <1343>.
11Moreover if <1487> the Spirit <4151> of the one who raised <1453> Jesus <2424> from <1537> the dead <3498> lives <3611> in <1722> you <5213>, the one who raised <1453> Christ <5547> from <1537> the dead <3498> will <2227> also <2532> make <2227> your <5216> mortal <2349> bodies <4983> alive <2227> through <1223> his <846> Spirit <4151> who lives <1774> in <1722> you <5213>.
12So <686> then <3767>, brothers and sisters <80>, we are <1510> under obligation <3781>, not <3756> to the flesh <4561>, to live <2198> according to <2596> the flesh <4561>
13(for <1063> if <1487> you live <2198> according to <2596> the flesh <4561>, you will <3195> die <599>), but <1161> if <1487> by the Spirit <4151> you put to death <2289> the deeds <4234> of the body <4983> you will live <2198>.
14For <1063> all <3745> who are led <71> by the Spirit <4151> of God <2316> are <1510> the sons <5207> of God <2316>.
15For <1063> you did <2983> not <3756> receive <2983> the spirit <4151> of slavery <1397> leading <1519> again <3825> to <1519> fear <5401>, but <235> you received <2983> the Spirit <4151> of adoption <5206>, by <1722> whom <3739> we cry <2896>, “Abba <5>, Father <3962>.”
16The Spirit <4151> himself <846> bears witness to <4828> our <2257> spirit <4151> that <3754> we are <1510> God’s <2316> children <5043>.
17And <1161> if <1487> children <5043>, then <2532> heirs <2818> (namely, heirs <2818> of God <2316> and also fellow heirs <4789> with Christ <5547>)– if indeed <1512> we suffer with <4841> him so <2443> we may also be glorified <4888> with him.
18For <1063> I consider <3049> that <3754> our present <3568> <2540> sufferings <3804> cannot <3756> even be compared <514> to <4314> the glory <1391> that will <3195> be revealed <601> to <1519> us <2248>.
19For <1063> the creation <2937> eagerly <603> waits for <553> the revelation <602> of the sons <5207> of God <2316>.
20For <1063> the creation <2937> was subjected <5293> to futility <3153>– not <3756> willingly <1635> but <235> because <1223> of God who subjected <5293> it– in <1909> hope <1680>
21that <3754> the creation <2937> itself <846> will <1659> also <2532> be set free <1659> from <575> the bondage <1397> of decay <5356> into <1519> the glorious <1391> freedom <1657> of God’s <2316> children <5043>.
22For <1063> we know <1492> that <3754> the whole <3956> creation <2937> groans <4959> and <2532> suffers together <4944> until <891> now <3568>.
23Not <3756> only <3440> this, but <235> we <2249> ourselves <846> also <2532>, who have <2192> the firstfruits <536> of the Spirit <4151>, groan <4727> inwardly <1722> <1438> as we eagerly await <553> our adoption <5206>, the redemption <629> of our <2257> bodies <4983>.
24For <1063> in hope <1680> we were saved <4982>. Now hope <1680> that is seen <991> is <1510> not <3756> hope <1680>, because <1063> who hopes <1679> for what he sees <991>?
25But <1161> if <1487> we hope <1679> for what <3739> we do <991> not <3756> see <991>, we <553> eagerly wait for <553> it with <1223> endurance <5281>.
26In the same way <5615>, the Spirit <4151> helps <4878> us in our <2257> weakness <769>, for <1063> we do <1492> not <3756> know <1492> how we should <1163> pray <4336>, but <235> the Spirit <4151> himself <846> intercedes <5241> for us with inexpressible <215> groanings <4726>.
27And <1161> he who searches <2045> our hearts <2588> knows <1492> the mind <5427> of the Spirit <4151>, because <3754> the Spirit intercedes <1793> on behalf <5228> of the saints <40> according to <2596> God’s will <2316>.
28And <1161> we know <1492> that <3754> all things <3956> work together <4903> for <1519> good <18> for those who love <25> God <2316>, who are <1510> called <2822> according <2596> to his purpose <4286>,
29because <3754> those whom <3739> he foreknew <4267> he <4309> also <2532> predestined <4309> to be conformed <4832> to the image <1504> of his <846> Son <5207>, that his Son <846> would be <1510> the firstborn <4416> among <1722> many <4183> brothers and sisters <80>.
30And <1161> those <5128> he predestined <4309>, he <2564> also <2532> called <2564>; and <2532> those he called <2564>, he <1344> also justified <1344>; and <2532> those <5128> he justified <1344>, he <1392> also <2532> glorified <1392>.
31What <5101> then <3767> shall we say <2046> about <4314> these things <5023>? If <1487> God <2316> is for <5228> us <2257>, who can be against <2596> us <2257>?
32Indeed <1065>, he <5339> who did <5339> not <3756> spare <5339> his own <2398> Son <5207>, but <235> gave <3860> him <846> up <3860> for <5228> us <2257> all <3956>– how <4459> will he not <3780> also <2532>, along with <4862> him <846>, freely give <5483> us <2254> all things <3956>?
33Who <5101> will bring any charge <1458> against <2596> God’s <2316> elect <1588>? It is God <2316> who justifies <1344>.
34Who <5101> is the one who will condemn <2632>? Christ <5547> is the one who died <599> (and <1161> more <3123> than that, he was raised <1453>), who <3739> is <1510> at <1722> the right hand <1188> of God <2316>, and <2532> who <3739> also is interceding <1793> for <5228> us <2257>.
35Who <5101> will separate <5563> us <2248> from <575> the love <26> of Christ <5547>? Will trouble <2347>, or <2228> distress <4730>, or <2228> persecution <1375>, or <2228> famine <3042>, or <2228> nakedness <1132>, or <2228> danger <2794>, or <2228> sword <3162>?
36As <2531> it is written <1125>, “For <3754> your <4675> sake <1752> we encounter death <2289> all <3650> day <2250> long; we were considered <3049> as <5613> sheep <4263> to be slaughtered <4967>.”
37No <235>, in <1722> all <3956> these things <5125> we have complete victory <5245> through <1223> him who loved <25> us <2248>!
38For <1063> I am convinced <3982> that <3754> neither <3777> death <2288>, nor <3777> life <2222>, nor <3777> angels <32>, nor <3777> heavenly rulers <746>, nor <3777> things that are present <1764>, nor <3777> things to come <3195>, nor <3777> powers <1411>,
39nor <3777> height <5313>, nor <3777> depth <899>, nor <3777> anything <5100> else <2087> in creation <2937> will be able <1410> to separate <5563> us <2248> from <575> the love <26> of God <2316> in <1722> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424> our <2257> Lord <2962>.