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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 what the law could not do ,
in that it was weakened through the flesh ,
God did by 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 righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us ,
who do not walk 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 ,
nor can it do so ;
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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 .
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him .
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But if Christ is in you ,
although your body is dead because of sin ,
your spirit is 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 from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you .
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Therefore ,
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 bondage again to fear ,
but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out , »
Abba ,
Father .«
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The Spirit himself bears 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 ,
if indeed 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 in us .
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For the creation waits with eager expectation 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 birth pangs together until now .
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And not only the creation ,
but we ourselves ,
who have the firstfruits of the Spirit ,
groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons ,
the redemption of our bodies .
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For in this hope we were saved .
But 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 what to pray for as we ought ,
but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express .
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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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And we know that in all things God works for the good of 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 ,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren .
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And those whom he predestined ,
he also called ;
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 can be against us ?
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He who did not spare his own Son ,
but gave him up for us all ,
how 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 he who condemns ?
It is Christ Jesus ,
who died ,
yes ,
who was raised from the dead ,
who is at the right hand of God ,
who is also interceding for us .
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ?
Shall tribulation ,
or distress ,
or persecution ,
or famine ,
or nakedness ,
or peril ,
or sword ?
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As it is written :
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No ,
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us .
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life ,
nor angels nor principalities ,
nor things present nor things to come ,
nor powers ,
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nor height nor depth ,
nor anything else in all creation ,
will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord .