Life
Through The Spirit
THEREFORE,
THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION
FOR
THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
2
Because through Christ Jesus
The
Law of the Spirit of Life
SET
ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
3
For what the Law was Powerless to do
In
that it was weakened by the Sinful Nature,
God
did by sending His own Son
In
the likeness of Sinful man
TO
BE A SIN OFFERING.
AND
SO HE CONDEMNED SIN IN SINFUL MAN,
4
IN ORDER THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW
MIGHT
BE FULLY MET IN US,
WHO
DO NOT LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE
BUT
ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.
5
THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE
HAVE
THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THAT NATURE DESIRES;
BUT
THOSE WHO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT
HAVE
THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES.
6
THE MIND OF SINFUL MAN IS DEATH,
BUT
THE MIND CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT
IS
LIFE AND PEACE;
7
THE SINFUL MIND IS HOSTILE TO GOD.
IT
DOES NOT SUBMIT TO GOD'S LAW,
NOR
CAN IT DO SO.
8
THOSE CONTROLLED BY THE SINFUL NATURE
CANNOT
PLEASE GOD.
9
YOU, HOWEVER, ARE CONTROLLED
NOT
BY THE SINFUL NATURE
BUT
BY THE SPIRIT,
IF
THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN YOU.
ANYONE
WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST,
HE
DOES NOT BELONG TO CHRIST.
10
BUT IF CHRIST IS IN YOU,
YOUR
BODY IS DEAD BECAUSE OF SIN,
YET
YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE
BECAUSE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
11
AND IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM
WHO
RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD
IS
LIVING IN YOU,
HE
WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD
WILL
ALSO GIVE LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES
THROUGH
THE SPIRIT,
WHO
LIVES IN YOU.
12
Therefore, brothers, we have an Obligation--
But
it is not to the Sinful Nature,
To
live according to it.
13
FOR IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE,
YOU
WILL DIE;
BUT
IF BY THE SPIRIT
YOU
PUT TO DEATH THE MISDEEDS OF THE BODY,
YOU
WILL LIVE,
14
BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
ARE
SONS OF GOD.
15
For you did not receive a spirit
That
makes you a Slave again to Fear,
BUT
YOU RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF SONSHP.
AND
BY HIM WE CRY, 'ABBA, FATHER.'
16
The Spirit Himself Testifies with our spirit
That
we are God's children.
17
Now if we are God's children,
Then
we, then we are Heirs-
HEIRS
OF GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST,
IF
INDEED WE SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS
IN
ORDER THAT WE MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY.
Future
Glory
18
I CONSIDER THAT OUR PRESENT SUFFERINGS
ARE
NOT WORTH COMPARING WITH THE GLORY
THAT
WILL BE REVEALED IN US.
19
THE CREATION WAITS IN EAGER EXPECTATION
FOR
THE SONS OF GOD TO BE REVEALED.
20
For Creation was Subjected to Frustration,
Not
by its own choice,
But
by the Will of the One who Subjected it,
21
In Hope that the Creation itself will be Liberated
From
its Bondage to Decay
AND
BROUGHT INTO THE GLORIOUS FREEDOM
OF
THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
22
WE KNOW
THAT
THE WHOLE CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING
AS
IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH
RIGHT
UP TO THE PRESENT TIME.
23
NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE OURSELVES,
WHO
HAVE THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT,
GROAN
INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY
FOR
OUR ADOPTION AS SONS,
THE
REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES.
24
FOR IN THIS HOPE WE WERE SAVED.
BUT
HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NO HOPE AT ALL.
Who
hopes for what he already has?
25
But if we Hope for what we do not yet have,
WE
WAIT FOR IT PATIENTLY.
26
IN THE SAME WAY,
THE
SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS.
WE
DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO PRAY ,
BUT
THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US
WITH
GROANS THAT WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.
27
AND HE WHO SEARCHES OUR HEARTS
KNOWS
THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT,
BECAUSE
THE SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GOD'S WILL.
More
Than Conquerors
28
AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS
GOD
WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM,
WHO
HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
29
FOR THOSE GOD FOREKNEW
HE
ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED
TO
THE LIKENESS OF HIS SON,
THAT
HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN
AMONG
MANY BROTHERS.
30
FOR THOSE HE PREDESTINED,
HE
ALSO CALLED, HE ALSO JUSTIFIED;
THOSE
HE JUSTIFIED, HE ALSO GLORIFIED.
31
What then, shall we say in response to this?
IF
GOD IS FOR US WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
32
He Who did not spare his own Son,
But
gave him up for us all--
How
will He not also, along with ;Him,
GRACIOUSLY
GIVE US ALL THINGS?
33
WHO CAN BRING ANY CHARGE
AGAINST
THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN?
IT
IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES.
34
WHO IS HE WHO CONDEMNS?
CHRIST
JESUS , WHO DIED--
MORE
THAN THAT, WHO WAS RAISED TO LIFE--
IS
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
AND
IS ALSO INTERCEDING FOR US.
35
WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
SHALL
TROUBLE OR HARDSHIP OR PERSECUTION
OR
FAMINE OR NAKEDNESS OR DANGER OR SWORD?
36
As it is written:
'For
Your sake we face Death all day long;
We
are considered as Sheep to be Slaughtered.'
37
NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS
THROUGH
HIM WHO LOVED US.
38
FOR I AM CONVINCED
THAT
NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE,
NEITHER
ANGELS NOR DEMONS,
NEITHER
THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE,
NOR
ANY POWERS,
NEITHER
HEIGHT NOR DEPTH,
NOR
ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION,
WILL
BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD
THAT
IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
(Romans
8)
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