Romans 8
Life in the
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There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death.
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For what the law could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
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that the righteousness of the law might
be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
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For they that are after the flesh do mind
the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit.
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For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace.
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Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed
can be.
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So then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God.
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But ye are not in the flesh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because
of righteousness.
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But if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the
dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.
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Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,
not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,
ye shall live.
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.
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For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God:
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and if children, then heirs; Gal.
4.5-7 heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be
that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
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For I reckon that the sufferings of
this present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope;
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because the creature itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty
of the children of God.
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For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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And not only they, but ourselves
also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.
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For we are saved by hope: but hope that
is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope
for?
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But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought:
but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
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And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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More than
Conquerors |
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And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
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For whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them
he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom
he justified, them he also glorified.
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What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us?
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He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all things?
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Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
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Who is he that condemneth? It
is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is
even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession 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 peril, or sword?
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As it is written,
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For thy sake we are killed all the day long; |
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Ps.
44.22 |
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Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
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For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,
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nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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