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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 8

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Romans 8 NASB - New American Standard BibleRomans 8 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 8 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Therefore there is now no 1condemnation for those who are 2in 3Christ Jesus.
  2. For 4the law of the Spirit of life [a]in 5Christ Jesus 6has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
  3. For 7what the Law could not do, [b]8weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in 9the likeness of [c]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
  4. so that the 10requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who 11do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
  5. For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on 12the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, 13the things of the Spirit.
  6. 14For the mind set on the flesh is 15death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
  7. because the mind set on the flesh is 16hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
  8. and those who are 17in the flesh cannot please God.
  9. ¶ However, you are not 18in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God 19dwells in you. But 20if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.
  10. 21If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is [d]alive because of righteousness.
  11. But if the Spirit of Him who 22raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 23He who raised 24Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [e]through His Spirit who dwells in you.
  12. ¶ So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
  13. for 25if you are living according to the flesh, you [f]must die; but if by the Spirit you are 26putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  14. For all who are 27being led by the Spirit of God, these are 28sons of God.
  15. For you 29have not received a spirit of slavery [g]leading to fear again, but you 30have received [h]a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “31Abba! Father!”
  16. The Spirit Himself 32testifies with our spirit that we are 33children of God,
  17. and if children, 34heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, 35if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  18. ¶ For I consider that the sufferings of this present time 36are not worthy to be compared with the 37glory that is to be revealed to us.
  19. For the 38anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for 39the revealing of the 40sons of God.
  20. For the creation 41was subjected to 42futility, not willingly, but 43because of Him who subjected it, [i]in hope
  21. that 44the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
  22. For we know that the whole creation 45groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
  23. 46And not only this, but also we ourselves, having 47the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves 48groan within ourselves, 49waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, 50the redemption of our body.
  24. For 51in hope we have been saved, but 52hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
  25. But 53if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
  26. ¶ In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for 54we do not know how to pray as we should, but 55the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
  27. and 56He who searches the hearts knows what 57the mind of the Spirit is, because He 58intercedes for the [j]saints according to the will of God.
  28. ¶ And we know that [k]God causes 59all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are 60called according to His purpose.
  29. For those whom He 61foreknew, He also 62predestined to become 63conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the 64firstborn among many brethren;
  30. and these whom He 65predestined, He also 66called; and these whom He called, He also 67justified; and these whom He justified, He also 68glorified.
  31. 69What then shall we say to these things? 70If God is for us, who is against us?
  32. He who 71did not spare His own Son, but 72delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
  33. Who will bring a charge against 73God’s elect? 74God is the one who justifies;
  34. who is the one who 75condemns? Christ Jesus is He who 76died, yes, rather who was [l]77raised, who is 78at the right hand of God, who also 79intercedes for us.
  35. Who will separate us from 80the love of [m]Christ? Will 81tribulation, or distress, or 82persecution, or 83famine, or 84nakedness, or 85peril, or sword?
  36. Just as it is written,
    ¶ “86FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG;
    WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.”
  37. ¶ But in all these things we overwhelmingly 87conquer through 88Him who loved us.
  38. For I am convinced that neither 89death, nor life, nor 90angels, nor principalities, nor 91things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
  39. nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from 92the love of God, which is 93in Christ Jesus our Lord.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or has set you free in Christ Jesus
  2. ^ Lit in which it was weak
  3. ^ Lit flesh of sin
  4. ^ Lit life
  5. ^ One early ms reads because of
  6. ^ Or are going to
  7. ^ Lit for fear again
  8. ^ Or the Spirit
  9. ^ Or in hope; because the creation
  10. ^ Or holy ones
  11. ^ One early ms reads all things work together for good
  12. ^ One early ms reads raised from the dead
  13. ^ Two early mss read God

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ro 5:16; 8:34
  2. ^ Ro 8:9f
  3. ^ Ro 8:2, 11, 39; 16:3
  4. ^ 1Co 15:45
  5. ^ Ro 8:1, 11, 39; 16:3
  6. ^ Jn 8:32, 36; Ro 6:14, 18; 7:4
  7. ^ Ac 13:39; Heb 10:1ff
  8. ^ Ro 7:18f; Heb 7:18
  9. ^ Pp 2:7; Heb 2:14, 17; 4:15
  10. ^ Lu 1:6; Ro 2:26
  11. ^ Ga 5:16, 25
  12. ^ Ga 5:19-21
  13. ^ Ga 5:22-25
  14. ^ Ga 6:8
  15. ^ Ro 6:21; 8:13
  16. ^ Jm 4:4
  17. ^ Ro 7:5
  18. ^ Ro 7:5
  19. ^ Jn 14:23; Ro 8:11; 1Co 3:16; 6:19; 2Co 6:16; Ga 4:6; Pp 1:19; 2Ti 1:14; 1Jo 4:13
  20. ^ Jn 14:17
  21. ^ Jn 17:23; Ga 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27
  22. ^ Ac 2:24; Ro 6:4
  23. ^ Jn 5:21
  24. ^ Ro 8:1, 2, 39; 16:3
  25. ^ Ro 8:6
  26. ^ Col 3:5
  27. ^ Ga 5:18
  28. ^ Ho 1:10; Mt 5:9; Jn 1:12; Ro 8:16, 19; 9:8, 26; 2Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; 1Jo 3:1; Re 21:7
  29. ^ 2Ti 1:7; Heb 2:15
  30. ^ Ro 8:23; Ga 4:5f
  31. ^ Mr 14:36; Ga 4:6
  32. ^ Ac 5:32
  33. ^ Ho 1:10; Mt 5:9; Jn 1:12; Ro 8:14, 19; 9:8, 26; 2Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; 1Jo 3:1; Re 21:7
  34. ^ Ac 20:32; Ga 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Ti 3:7; Heb 1:14; Re 21:7
  35. ^ 2Co 1:5, 7; Pp 3:10; Col 1:24; 2Ti 2:12; 1Pe 4:13
  36. ^ 2Co 4:17; 1Pe 4:13
  37. ^ Col 3:4; Ti 2:13; 1Pe 1:5; 5:1
  38. ^ Pp 1:20
  39. ^ Ro 8:18; 1Co 1:7f; Col 3:4; 1Pe 1:7, 13; 1Jo 3:2
  40. ^ Ho 1:10; Mt 5:9; Jn 1:12; Ro 8:14, 16; 9:8, 26; 2Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; 1Jo 3:1; Re 21:7
  41. ^ Ge 3:17-19
  42. ^ Ps 39:5f; Ec 1:2
  43. ^ Ge 3:17; 5:29
  44. ^ Ac 3:21; 2Pe 3:13; Re 21:1
  45. ^ Je 12:4, 11
  46. ^ Ro 5:3
  47. ^ Ro 8:16; 2Co 1:22
  48. ^ 2Co 5:2, 4
  49. ^ Ro 8:15, 19, 25; Ga 5:5
  50. ^ Ro 7:24
  51. ^ Ro 8:20; 1Th 5:8; Ti 3:7
  52. ^ Ro 4:18; 2Co 5:7; Heb 11:1
  53. ^ 1Th 1:3
  54. ^ Mt 20:22; 2Co 12:8
  55. ^ Jn 14:16; Ro 8:15f; Eph 6:18
  56. ^ Ps 139:1f; Lu 16:15; Ac 1:24; Re 2:23
  57. ^ Ro 8:6
  58. ^ Ro 8:34
  59. ^ Ro 8:32
  60. ^ Ro 8:30; 9:24; 11:29; 1Co 1:9; Ga 1:6, 15; 5:8; Eph 1:11; 3:11; 2Th 2:14; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 2:9; 3:9
  61. ^ Ro 11:2; 1Co 8:3; 2Ti 1:9; 1Pe 1:2, 20
  62. ^ Ro 9:23; 1Co 2:7; Eph 1:5, 11
  63. ^ 1Co 15:49; Pp 3:21
  64. ^ Col 1:18; Heb 1:6
  65. ^ Ro 9:23; 11:29; 1Co 2:7; Eph 1:5, 11
  66. ^ Ro 8:28; 9:24; 1Co 1:9; Ga 1:6, 15; 5:8; Eph 1:11; 3:11; 2Th 2:14; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 2:9; 3:9
  67. ^ 1Co 6:11
  68. ^ Jn 17:22; Ro 8:21; 9:23
  69. ^ Ro 3:5; 4:1
  70. ^ Ps 118:6; Mt 1:23
  71. ^ Jn 3:16; Ro 5:8
  72. ^ Ro 4:25
  73. ^ Lu 18:7
  74. ^ Is 50:8f
  75. ^ Ro 8:1
  76. ^ Ro 5:6f
  77. ^ Ac 2:24
  78. ^ Mr 16:19
  79. ^ Ro 8:27; Heb 7:25
  80. ^ Ro 8:37f
  81. ^ Ro 2:9; 2Co 4:8
  82. ^ 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26f
  83. ^ 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26f
  84. ^ 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26f
  85. ^ 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:26f
  86. ^ Ps 44:22; Ac 20:24; 1Co 4:9; 15:30f; 2Co 1:9; 4:10f; 6:9; 11:23
  87. ^ Jn 16:33; 1Co 15:57
  88. ^ Ga 2:20; Eph 5:2; Re 1:5
  89. ^ 1Co 3:22
  90. ^ 1Co 15:24; Eph 1:21; 1Pe 3:22
  91. ^ 1Co 3:22
  92. ^ Ro 5:8
  93. ^ Ro 8:1

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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