Romans:8

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* So now those who belong to Christ Jesus will not be judged . * The Spirit gives life in Christ Jesus . And the law of the Spirit has set me free from the law of wrong things , and the law of death . * God has done what the law could not do . The things people did made the law weak . God sent his own Son in a body of man . His body was like the bodies which others use to do wrong things . He sent him because people have done wrong things . And he judged the wrong things people have done in their bodies . * He did this so that we might be good people as the law said we should be . We are good people if we live the way the Spirit wants us to live , not the way our bodies want to live . * Some people live the way their bodies want to live . They think only about the things their bodies want to do . Other people live the way the Spirit wants them to live . They think about the things the Spirit wants them to do . * If you keep your mind on the things your bodies want to do , you will die . But if you keep your mind on the things the Spirit wants , you will live and have peace . * People who think about the things of this life are Gods enemies . They do not obey Gods law . They cannot obey it . * People who do what their bodies want cannot please God . * Does Gods Spirit live in you ? If he does , then you are not living the way the body wants , but you are living the way the Spirit wants . If anyone does not have Christs Spirit , he does not belong to Christ . * But if Christ is in you , your bodies are dead because of the wrong things you have done . But your spirits live because you have been made right with God . * God raised Christ Jesus from death . Does Gods Spirit live in you ? Then God will also give life to your bodies which die . He does this through his Spirit who lives in you . * So , my brothers , we must not live the way our bodies want us to live . We must not be ruled by our wrong ways . * If you live the way your bodies wants to live , you will die . But if , by the help of the Spirit , you stop doing the wrong things your bodies want to do , you will live . * All who do what Gods Spirit leads them to do are Gods sons . * The Holy Spirit you have received does not make you a slave again so that you are afraid . But the Spirit you have received makes you sons of God . * So we say , Father ! Father ! The Spirit himself also , along with our own spirits , tells us that we are Gods children . * If we are his children , God will give us the good things that children receive . He will give us these blessings along with Christ . He will give it to us if we suffer with Christ . If we suffer with Christ , we will also be made great with him . * I think that the troubles we have in this life are nothing when we think of the great things that we shall have . * The whole world is waiting for the time when the sons of God will be seen . * The world was spoiled . It did not want to be spoiled , but God allowed it . * And it hoped to be free like Gods children when they are made great . * We know that the whole world has been crying . It has had much pain until now . * And not the world only , but we ourselves also cry out . We have the first blessing God gives of his Spirit . But we cry out in our hearts . We are waiting for God to finish making us his sons . Then our bodies will be set free . * That is what we hoped for when we were saved . When the thing hoped for is seen , there is no more hoping . When a person sees a thing , how can he hope for it ? * But if we hope for something we do not see , we keep on waiting for it . * Also the Spirit helps us because we are weak . We do not know how we should talk to God . But the Spirit himself talks to God for us , while we cry and cannot say any words . * God looks to see what is in peoples hearts . And he knows what the Spirit is going to do . The Spirit talks to God for Gods people . And he asks for them what God wants them to have . * We know that God works out everything for the good of those who love him . They are the people who are part of his plan . * He knew all along that he would choose them . He chose them to be made like his Son . Then his Son would be the first one of many brothers . * He chose them and he also called them . He called them to himself as if they had never been bad people . He made them right with himself and he also made them great in heaven . * So what shall we say about this ? If God is on our side , who can be against us ? * He did not keep his own Son , but gave him up for us all . Because he has given him to us , will he not also give us all other things ? * Who will say anything against Gods chosen people ? For it is God himself who says they have been put right with him . * Who will say they are not right ? Jesus Christ died . Yes , he was raised from death . He is at the right side of God . And he talks to God for us . * Who can take us away from Christs love ? We may have trouble . We may have hard times . People may make us suffer because we believe . We may have no food to eat and no clothes to wear . We may be in danger . We may be killed with big knives . Can any of these things take us away from Christs love ? * The holy writings say , For your sake we are killed all day . We are like sheep ready to be killed . * But Christ loved us . He has helped us to win great victory in all these things . * I know this . Death , life , angels , rulers , things happening now , things that will happen , high things , low things ; nothing else in all the world can come between us and Gods love in Christ Jesus our Lord .

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