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There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus .
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death .
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For God has done what the law ,
weakened by the flesh ,
could not do :
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin ,
he condemned sin in the flesh ,
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in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us ,
who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit .
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For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh ,
but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit .
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To set the mind on the flesh is death ,
but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace .
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For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God ;
it does not submit to God '
s law ,
indeed it cannot ;
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and those who are in the flesh cannot please God .
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But you are not in the flesh ,
you are in the Spirit ,
if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you .
Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him .
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But if Christ is in you ,
although your bodies are dead because of sin ,
your spirits are alive because of righteousness .
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If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you ,
he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit which dwells in you .
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So then ,
brethren ,
we are debtors ,
not to the flesh ,
to live according to the flesh --
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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 .
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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God .
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For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear ,
but you have received the spirit of sonship .
When we cry , "
Abba !
Father !"
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it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God ,
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and if children ,
then heirs ,
heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ ,
provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him .
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I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us .
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For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God ;
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for the creation was subjected to futility ,
not of its own will but by the will of him who subjected it in hope ;
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because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God .
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now ;
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and not only the creation ,
but we ourselves ,
who have the first fruits of the Spirit ,
groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons ,
the redemption of our bodies .
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For in this hope we were saved .
Now hope that is seen is not hope .
For who hopes for what he sees ?
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But if we hope for what we do not see ,
we wait for it with patience .
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Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness ;
for we do not know how to pray as we ought ,
but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words .
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And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit ,
because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God .
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We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him ,
who are called according to his purpose .
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For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son ,
in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren .
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And those whom he predestined he also called ;
and those whom he called he also justified ;
and those whom he justified he also glorified .
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What then shall we say to this ?
If God is for us ,
who is against us ?
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He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all ,
will he not also give us all things with him ?
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Who shall bring any charge against God '
s elect ?
It is God who justifies ;
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who is to condemn ?
Is it Christ Jesus ,
who died ,
yes ,
who was raised from the dead ,
who is at the right hand of God ,
who indeed intercedes for us ?