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Life in the Spirit

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.a

Life in the Spirit

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

For the law of the Spirit of life has set youb free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

And because you belong to him, the powera of the life-giving Spirit has freed youb from the power of sin that leads to death.

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For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin,c he condemned sin in the flesh,

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The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.c So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

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in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow 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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Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

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For 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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So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

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For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

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For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

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Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

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That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

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You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

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But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)

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But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you lifed because you have been made right with God.

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If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesusd from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

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Heirs with Christ

So then, brothers,e we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

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Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,e you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.

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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 if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature,f you will live.

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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sonsf of God.

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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are childreng of God.

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For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

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So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.h Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”i

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The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

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For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.

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and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

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Future Glory

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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The Future Glory

Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

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For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

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For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

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Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,

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that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

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For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.

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For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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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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And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,j including the new bodies he has promised us.

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For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

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We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hopek for it.

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But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

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But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

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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 groanings too deep for words.

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And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.

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And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, becauseg the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believersl in harmony with God’s own will.

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And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,h for those who are called according to his purpose.

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And we know that God causes everything to work togetherm for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

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For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstbornn among many brothers and sisters.

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And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

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And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

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God’s Everlasting Love

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can bei against us?

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Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever 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 with him graciously give us all things?

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Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?

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Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

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Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one — for God himself has given us right standing with himself.

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Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died — more than that, who was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.j

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Who then will condemn us? No one — for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading 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 danger, or sword?

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Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?

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As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”o)

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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

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For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

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And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,p neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow — not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.

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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 in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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No power in the sky above or in the earth below — indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans 8

Romans 8