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32 God did not even keep his own Son safe. Instead, he gave his Son to die on behalf of all of us. So certainly, God will continue to be kind to us. As well as his Son, he will give to us all things that we need. 33 Nobody can say that God's people are guilty. God himself has accepted us as right with him. 34 So nobody can say that God should still punish us. Nobody can say that, because Christ Jesus himself died on our behalf. And God raised him so that he became alive again after his death. Now Christ is sitting at God's right side in heaven.[a] He himself is praying to God on our behalf.

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  1. 8:34 Jesus sits at the right side of God the Father. The right side is the most important place. This means that Jesus rules with the same power and authority as God himself.

32 He who did not spare his own Son,(A) 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(B) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(C) No one. Christ Jesus who died(D)—more than that, who was raised to life(E)—is at the right hand of God(F) and is also interceding for us.(G)

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