CHAPTER 8
For
what
the
Law
was powerless to do
in
that
it was weakened
by
the
flesh,
God did
by sending
His
own
Son
in
the likeness
of sinful
man,
as an offering for
sin.
He thus condemned
sin
in
the
flesh,
so that
the
righteous standard
of the
Law
might be fulfilled
in
us,
who
do not
live
according to
the flesh
but
according to
the Spirit.
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.
because
the
mind
of the
flesh
is hostile
to
God:
It does not submit
to
God’s
Law,
nor
can it do so.
You,
however,
are
controlled not by
the flesh,
but
by
the Spirit,
if
the Spirit
of God
lives
in
you.
And
if
anyone
does not
have
the Spirit
of Christ,
he
does not
belong
to Christ.
But
if
Christ
is in
you,
your
body is
dead
because of
sin,
yet
the
Spirit
gives you life
because of
righteousness.
And
if
the
Spirit
of Him
who raised
Jesus
from
the dead
lives
in
you,
He who
raised
Christ
Jesus
from
the dead
will also give life
to your
mortal
bodies
through
His
Spirit,
who
dwells
in
you.
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.
For
you did not receive
a spirit
of slavery
that returns you
to
fear,
but
you received
the Spirit
of sonship,
by
whom
we cry,
“Abba!
Father!”
And
if
we are children,
then
we are heirs:
heirs
of God
and
co-heirs
with Christ—
if indeed
we suffer with Him,
so that
we may also be glorified with Him.
I consider
that
our
present
sufferings
are not
comparable
to
the
glory
that will be
revealed
in
us.
For
the
creation
was subjected
to
futility,
not
by its own will,
but
because of
the One who
subjected it,
in
hope
that
the
creation
itself
will be set free
from
its
bondage
to decay
and brought into
the
glorious
freedom
of the
children
of God.
We know
that
the
whole
creation
has been groaning together
in the pains of childbirth
until
the present time.
Not
only
that,
but
we
ourselves,
who have
the
firstfruits
of the
Spirit,
groan
inwardly
as we wait eagerly for
our adoption as sons,
the
redemption
of our
bodies.
For
in this
hope
we were saved;
but
hope
that is seen
is
no
hope at all.
Who
hopes for
what
he can already see?
In the same way,
the
Spirit
helps us
in our
weakness.
For
we do not know
how
we ought
to pray,
but
the
Spirit
Himself
intercedes for us
with groans
too deep for words.
And
He who
searches
our
hearts
knows
the
mind
of the
Spirit,
because
the Spirit intercedes
for
the saints
according to the will
of God.
And
we know
that
God
works all things together
for
the good
of those who
love
Him,
who
are
called
according to
His purpose.
For
those
God foreknew,
He also predestined to be
conformed to
the
image
of
His
Son,
so that
He
would be
the firstborn
among
many
brothers.
And
those
He predestined
He also called;
those
He called
He also justified;
those
He justified
He also glorified.
He who
did not spare
His
own
Son
but
gave
Him up
for
us
all,
how
will He not
also,
along with
Him,
freely give
us
all
things?
Who is
there
to condemn us?
For Christ
Jesus,
who
died,
and
more than that
was raised to life,
is
at
the right hand
of God—
and
He is interceding
for
us.
Who
shall separate
us
from
the
love
of Christ?
Shall trouble
or
distress
or
persecution
or
famine
or
nakedness
or
danger
or
sword?
As
it is written:
“For Your sake
we face death
all
day long;
we are considered
as
sheep
to be slaughtered.”
For
I am convinced
that
neither
death
nor
life,
neither
angels
nor
principalities,
neither
the present
nor
the future,
nor
any powers,
neither
height
nor
depth,
nor
anything
else
in all creation,
will be able
to separate
us
from
the
love
of God
that is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.