Free from Indwelling Sin
1 There is
therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not
walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do in
that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the
flesh, 4 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. 5
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, the things of the
Spirit. 6 For to be carnally
minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can
be. 8 So then, those who are in
the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but
in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does
not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you,
the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because
of righteousness. 11 But if the
Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised
Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His
Spirit who dwells in you.
Sonship Through the Spirit
12 Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
13 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.
14 For as
many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive the
spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by
whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
16
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 and if children, then
heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with
Him, that we may also be glorified together.
From Suffering to Glory
18 For I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us.
19
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of
the sons of God.
20 For the
creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who
subjected
it in hope;
21
because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole
creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
23 Not only
that, but we
also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
24 For we were saved in this hope,
but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he
sees?
25 But if we hope for what
we do not see, we eagerly wait for
it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps
in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but
the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
27 Now He who searches
the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit
is, because He makes
intercession for the saints according to
the will of God.
28 And we know that all things
work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called
according to
His purpose.
29
For whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to be conformed to the image
of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom He predestined,
these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He
justified, these He also glorified.
God’s Everlasting Love
31 What then shall we say to these
things? If God
is for us, who
can be against us?
32 He who did not spare His own
Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely
give us all things?
33 Who shall
bring a charge against God’s elect?
It is God who justifies.
34 Who
is he who condemns?
It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at
the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written:
“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither
death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come,
39 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.
