Nu es doa kjeen Fedaumnes fa daen, dee enn Christus Jesus sent.

Dan daut Jeistes Jesats daut Laewe brinjt enn Christus Jesus haft mie frie jemoakt fonn daut Jesats fonn Sind en Doot.

Dan waut emm Jesats ommaejlich wea enn daem dautet Schwak wea derch daut Fleesch, daut haft Gott selfst jedone derch daem daut hee sien Saen enn sintlichet Menschejestault schekjt, en fa Sind, en doaderch de Sind fedaumd,

daut dee Jerachtichkjeit dautet Jesats felangd, mucht enn onns erfaelt woare dee wie nu nich nom Fleesch waundle, oba nom Jeist.

Dan dee, dee nom Fleesch waundle, sent nom Fleesch jesennt; dee oba nom Jeist waundle, sent nom Jeist jesennt.

Dan fleeschlich jesennt senne, es de Doot, oba jeistlich jesennt senne es Laewe en Fraed.

Aulsoo fleeschlich jesennt senne, es Fienschoft jeajen Gott, wiels daut es Gott sien Jesats nich unjadon, en kaun uk nich unjadon senne;

dan dee, dee fleeschlich jesonne sent, kjenne Gott nich jeafaule.

Oba jie sent nich em Fleesch, jie sent em Jeist, sentamol dee Jeist en ju wont. Oba wan irjentwaea Christus sien Jeist nich haft, dee jeheat am nich aun.

10 En wan Christus enn ju es, dan aun eene haunt es daut Lief Doot waeajen Sind, aun dee aundre Haunt es dee Jeist laewe waeajen dee Jerachtichkjeit.

11 Oba wan dee Jeist, dee Jesus fom Doot oppwuak, enn ju wont, dan woat dee june stoawliche Liewa uk tom Laewe brinje derch daen Jeist dee enn ju wont.

12 Aulso Breeda, sent wie Schuldna, nich tom Fleesch daut wie doano laewe sulle,

13 Dan wan jie nom Fleesch no laewe, sent jie bottem stoawe, oba wan jie derch daen Jeist daut sintliche em Kjarpa doot moake, woa jie laewe.

14 Dan aul dee, dee fonn Gott sien Jeist jeleit woare, sent Gott siene Saens.

15 Dan jie ha nich en Sklowjeist jekraeaje daut jie wada sulle en Angst laewe, oba jie ha en Jeist jekjraeaje derch daem wie aunjenome sent, en roope doaderch "Abba, leefsta Foda".

16 Dee Jeist selfst jeft onns Jeist Zeichness daut wie Gott siene Kjinje sent.

17 En wan wie Kjinja sent, dan sent wie uk Oaw - Gott siene Oaw, en Christus siene Metoaw; sentamol wie met am toop liede daut wie uk kjenne met am toop feharlicht woare.

18 Dan ekj raeakjen doamet, daut waut wie enn dise Tiet liede, kaun ommaeajlich fejlikjt woare met dee Harlichkjeit dee nochemol enn onns woat jeoopenboat woare.

19 Dan de gaunse Kjreatua luat met enn deepet Felange no dee Oppenboarunk fonn Gott siene Kjinje.

20 Dee gaunse Kjreatua wort jeaejen aea Wele, tom Fewaese bestemt om Gott sien Wele, enn Hopninj,

21 wiel dee Kjreatua selfst woat jerat woare fonn dee Sklowarie, dee daut Fedoawe brinjt, en enn dee Frieheit fonn Gott siene Kjinje aeare Harlichkjeit enenn jebrocht woare.

22 Dan wie weete daut dee gaunse Kjreatua staent en enn Jeburtsweedoag liede deit.

23 En nich bloos so, oba wie uk, dee wie daem Jeist siene easchte Frucht sent, staene enn onns selfst, en luare no Gott sien aun naeme aus Kjinja, naemlich dee Kjarpa Radunk.

24 Dan wie sent derch Hopninj jerat; oba Hopninj dee to seene es, es nich Hopninj, dan wuaromm wudd eena opp daut hope daut eena seene kaun?

25 Oba wan wie Hopninj ha fa daut waut wie nich seene kjenne, dan lua wie jeduldich doano.

26 Jrod so halpt dee Jeist onns enn onnse Schwakheite, dan wie weete nich fa waut wie baede sele so es wie sulle, oba dee Jeist selfst deit fa onns baede met staene, en soone deepe Jefiele daut wie doa nich Wead faea ha.

27 En dee, dee onnse Hoate unjaseakjt weet waut daem Jeist sien Senn es, dan hee baet fa dee Heilje no Gott sien Wele.

28 Wie weete oba daut aules toop oabeide deit tom Goode fa daen, dee Gott leef habe, dee no Gott sien Tsiel beroope sent.

29 Dan daen hee ferhaea uterseene haud, daen haud hee uk ferhaea doato bestemt daut dee sien Sqen sulle aenlijch senne, daut dee sull de Easchtjebuarne senne unja fael Breeda.

30 Wiel dee, daen hee ferhaea bestemt haud, daen haud hee uk jeroopt; en dee, daen hee jeroopt haud, deed hee uk jeracht moake, en dee, daen hee jerachtfoadje deed, deed hee uk feharliche.

31 Waut sel wie dan to aul dit saje? Wan Gott fa onns es, waea kaun dan jaeajen onns senne?

32 dee sien eajne Saen nich schoond, oba am hanjeef fa onns aula, wudd hee dan nich onns met am aules welich schenke?

33 Waea woat Gott siene uterwaelde met irjentwaut beschuldje? Gott es dee, dee an jeracht moakt.

34 Waea woat fedaume? Christus Jesus es dee, dee jestorwe es; meeha es daut, hee wort fom Doot oppjewakjt, en es nu to Gott siene rachte Haunt en deit fa onns baede.

35 Waea kaun onns uteneenriete fonn Christus siene Leew? sull Liede, oda Angst, oda Fefoljunk, oda Hungaschnoot, oda Noakt senne, oda Jefoa, oda Schweat?

36 So aus jeschraewe steit: "Omm dient haulwe sent wie daen Dachaewa tom Doot jefeat; wie sent so aunjeseene aus Schlachtschop".

37 Oba enn aul dise Dinje sent wie meeha aus Jewenna derch daem dee onns haft Leef jehaut.

38 Dan ekj sie mie aewazeicht daut waeda Doot noch Laewe, noch Enjel, noch Harscha, waeda Jaejenwoat noch Tookunft, waeda Jewault,

39 Noch daut waut Huach es oda waut Deep es, uk nich irjent ne Kjreatua kaun onns uteneen riete fonn Gott siene Leew dee enn Christus Jesus onns Herr es.

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) 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. 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, 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)

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) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(P) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(R) cannot please God.

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

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.