Romans:8

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* Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus ; * for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death . * For God has done what the Law could not do , weakened as it was by flesh . By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh , and on account of sin , he condemned sin in the flesh ; * in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh , but after the spirit . * For they who live after the flesh , give their attention to the things of the flesh ; But they who live after the spirit , give their attention to spiritual things . * To be earthly minded means death ; To be spiritually minded means life and peace . * For to be earthly minded is enmity against God ; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God , Nor can it be ; * And they who are earthly minded cannot please God . * But you are not earthly , but spiritual , if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you . If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ , he is none of his . * But if Christ is in you , though your bodily self is dead because of sin , your spirit is full of life because of righteousness . * But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you , He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you , He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives . * Therefore , brothers , we are debtors - but not to the flesh , to live according to the flesh ; * for if you go on living according to the flesh , you are on the road to die ; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body , you will live . * For only those are sons of God who are led by Gods Spirit . * For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid ; but you have received a spirit of adoption , in which we cry out , "My Father , my dear Father !" * For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit , that we are children of God ; * and if children , then heirs , heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ ; but to share his glory , we must now be sharing his sufferings . * For I count as nothing what we now suffer , in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us . * All nature even is waiting with eager longing for the unveiling of the vision of Gods sons . * For nature was subjected to imperfection , not by its own will , but by the will of Him who thus made it subject - * yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thraldom of decay , into the freedom which belongs to the glory of the children of God . * For we know that all nature has been groaning and travailing together until this hour . * And not only that , we ourselves , although we are grasping the first - fruits of the Spirit , even we ourselves are inwardly groaning , while we are waiting for adoption , the redemption of our body . * For by hope we are saved ; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope . * Who hopes for what he clearly sees ? But if we hope for something that we do not see , we then patiently wait for it . * In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness ; for we know knot how to pray as we ought ; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered . * And the Searcher of Hearts knows what the Sprits meaning is , because his intercessions for the saints are according to the will of God . * Now we know that all things continually work together for good to to those who love God , to those who have been the called according to his purpose . * For whom he foreknew , he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood ; * and whom he foreordained , those he also called ; and whom he called , those he also justified ; and whom he justified , those he also glorified . * What shall we say then , to these things ? If God be for us , Who can be against us ? * He that spared not his own Son , But freely delivered him up for us all , How shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? * Who shall accuse Gods elect ? God acquits them ; * Who is there to condemn them ? Will Christ who died ? Yes , and who rose from the dead , The Christ who is also at the right hand of God , And is interceding for us ? * What shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Shall anguish , or calamity , or persecution , or famine ? Shall nakedness , or peril , or sword ? * Even as it is written . For thy sake we are killed all the day long ; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter . * Nay , in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us . * For I am fully persuaded that neither death nor life , Neither angels nor principalities , nor powers , Neither the present world nor the world to come , Nor the powers of Nature , * Nor height , nor depth , Nor any other created thing , Shall be able to separate us from the love of God Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord .

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