Romans 8:1-28 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Romans 8:1-28

The Spirit of God Dwells in You

Therefore there is now no ^acondemnation for those who are ^bin ^cChrist Jesus. 2 For ^athe law of the Spirit of life ¹in ^bChrist Jesus ^chas set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For ^awhat the Law could not do, ¹^bweak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in ^cthe likeness of ²sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the ^arighteous requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who ^bdo not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on ^athe things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, ^bthe things of the Spirit. 6 ^aFor the mind set on the flesh is ^bdeath, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is at ^aenmity 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 ^ain the flesh are not able to please God.
9 However, you are not ^ain the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God ^bdwells in you. But ^cif anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 ^aBut if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is ¹alive because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who ^araised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, ^bHe who raised ^cChrist Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ¹through His Spirit who dwells in you.
12 So then, brothers, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for ^aif you are living according to the flesh, you ¹must die, but if by the Spirit you are ^bputting to death the ^cpractices of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are ^abeing led by the Spirit of God, these are ^bsons of God. 15 For you ^ahave not received a spirit of slavery ¹leading to fear again, but you ^bhave received the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry out, “^cAbba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself ^atestifies with our spirit that we are ^bchildren of God, 17 and if children, also ^aheirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^aare not worthy to be compared with the ^bglory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the ^aanxious longing of the creation eagerly waits for ^bthe revealing of the ^csons of God. 20 For the creation ^awas subjected to ^bfutility, not willingly, but ^cbecause of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 ¹that ^athe 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 ^agroans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 ^aAnd not only this, but also we ourselves, having ^bthe first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves ^cgroan within ourselves, ^deagerly waiting for our adoption as sons, ^ethe redemption of our body. 24 For ^ain hope we were saved, but ^bhope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he already sees? 25 But ^aif we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we eagerly wait for it.
26 And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for ^awe do not know how to pray as we should, but ^bthe Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and ^aHe who searches the hearts knows what ^bthe mind of the Spirit is, because He ^cintercedes for the ¹saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that for those who love God ¹^aall things work together for good, for those who are ^bcalled according to His purpose.