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Text -- Romans 8:6-39 (NET)
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8:6 For the outlook of the flesh is death , but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace ,
8:7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God , for it does not submit to the law of God , nor is it able to do so.
8:8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God .
8:9 You , however , are not in the flesh but in the Spirit , if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you . Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ , this person does not belong to him .
8:10 But if Christ is in you , your body is dead because of sin , but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness .
8:11 Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you , the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you .
8:12 So then , brothers and sisters , we are under obligation , not to the flesh , to live according to the flesh
8:13 (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 .
8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God .
8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear , but you received the Spirit of adoption , by whom we cry , “Abba , Father .”
8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children .
8:17 And if children , then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ )– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
8:18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us .
8:19 For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God .
8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God who subjected it– in hope
8:21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children .
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now .
8:23 Not only this, but we ourselves also , who have the firstfruits of the Spirit , groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption , the redemption of our bodies .
8:24 For in hope we were saved . Now hope that is seen is not hope , because who hopes for what he sees ?
8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see , we eagerly wait for it with endurance .
8:26 In the same way , the Spirit helps us in our weakness , for we do not know how we should pray , but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings .
8:27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit , because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will .
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God , who are called according to his purpose ,
8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son , that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters .
8:30 And those he predestined , he also called ; and those he called , he also justified ; and those he justified , he also glorified .
8:31 What then shall we say about these things ? If God is for us , who can be against us ?
8:32 Indeed , he who did not spare his own Son , but gave him up for us all – how will he not also , along with him , freely give us all things ?
8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect ? It is God who justifies .
8:34 Who is the one who will condemn ? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised ), who is at the right hand of God , and who also is interceding for us .
8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ ? Will trouble , or distress , or persecution , or famine , or nakedness , or danger , or sword ?
8:36 As it is written , “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered .”
8:37 No , in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us !
8:38 For I am convinced that neither death , nor life , nor angels , nor heavenly rulers , nor things that are present , nor things to come , nor powers ,
8:39 nor height , nor depth , nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sin |
Rome |
Romans, Epistle to the |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Regeneration |
Holy Spirit |
Adoption |
Righteous |
SANCTIFICATION |
Resurrection |
SIN (1) |
Perseverance |
Religion |
Death |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
MAN; NEW |
Hope |
PAULINE THEOLOGY |
MAN, NATURAL |
INTERCESSION |
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NET Notes -> Rom 8:6; Rom 8:9; Rom 8:10; Rom 8:10; Rom 8:11; Rom 8:11; Rom 8:11; Rom 8:12; Rom 8:12; Rom 8:13; Rom 8:13; Rom 8:14; Rom 8:15; Rom 8:15; Rom 8:15; Rom 8:16; Rom 8:17; Rom 8:18; Rom 8:20; Rom 8:23; Rom 8:23; Rom 8:23; Rom 8:25; Rom 8:26; Rom 8:27; Rom 8:27; Rom 8:28; Rom 8:29; Rom 8:29; Rom 8:32; Rom 8:33; Rom 8:34; Rom 8:34; Rom 8:35; Rom 8:36; Rom 8:37; Rom 8:37; Rom 8:38
NET Notes: Rom 8:6 Or “mindset,” “way of thinking” (twice in this verse and once in v. 7). The Greek term φρόνημ ...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:11 Most mss (B D F G Ψ 33 1739 1881 Ï lat) have διά (dia) followed by the accusative: “because of his Spirit who lives in ...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:16 Or possibly “with.” ExSyn 160-61, however, notes the following: “At issue, grammatically, is whether the Spirit testifies alongside ...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:17 Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if ch...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:20 Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rom 8:27 Grk “he,” or “it”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rom 8:32 Grk “[he] who.” The relative clause continues the question of v. 31 in a way that is awkward in English. The force of v. 32 is thus: ̶...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:33 An allusion to Isa 50:8 where the reference is singular; Paul applies this to all believers (“God’s elect” is plural here).
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NET Notes: Rom 8:35 Here “sword” is a metonymy that includes both threats of violence and acts of violence, even including death (although death is not necess...
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NET Notes: Rom 8:37 Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.
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