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Romans 8

Deliverance from Bondage

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Therefore there is now no  acondemnation for those who are  bin  cChrist Jesus.

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For  athe law of the Spirit of life  1in  bChrist Jesus  chas set you free from the law of sin and of death.

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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,

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so that the  arequirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who  bdo not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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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.

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 aFor the mind set on the flesh is  bdeath, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

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because the mind set on the flesh is  ahostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

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and those who are  ain the flesh cannot please God.

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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.

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 aIf Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is  1alive because of righteousness.

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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.

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So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--

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for  aif you are living according to the flesh, you  1must die; but if by the Spirit you are  bputting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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For all who are  abeing led by the Spirit of God, these are  bsons of God.

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For you  ahave not received a spirit of slavery  1leading to fear again, but you  bhave received  2a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, " cAbba! Father!"

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The Spirit Himself  atestifies with our spirit that we are  bchildren of God,

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and if children,  aheirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,  bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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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.

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For the  aanxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for  bthe revealing of the  csons of God.

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For the creation  awas subjected to  bfutility, not willingly, but  cbecause of Him who subjected it,  1in hope

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that  athe creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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For we know that the whole creation  agroans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

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 aAnd not only this, but also we ourselves, having  bthe first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves  cgroan within ourselves,  dwaiting eagerly for our adoption as sons,  ethe redemption of our body.

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For  ain hope we have been saved, but  bhope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

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But  aif we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Our Victory in Christ

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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;

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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.

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And we know that  1God causes  aall things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are  bcalled according to His purpose.

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For those whom He  aforeknew, He also  bpredestined to become  cconformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the  dfirstborn among many brethren;

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and these whom He  apredestined, He also  bcalled; and these whom He called, He also  cjustified; and these whom He justified, He also  dglorified.

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 aWhat then shall we say to these things?  bIf God is for us, who is against us?

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He who  adid not spare His own Son, but  bdelivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

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Who will bring a charge against  aGod's elect?  bGod is the one who justifies;

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who is the one who  acondemns? Christ Jesus is He who  bdied, yes, rather who was  1 craised, who is  dat the right hand of God, who also  eintercedes for us.

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Who will separate us from  athe love of  1Christ? Will  btribulation, or distress, or  cpersecution, or  cfamine, or  cnakedness, or  cperil, or sword?

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Just as it is written, " aFOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED."

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But in all these things we overwhelmingly  aconquer through  bHim who loved us.

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For I am convinced that neither  adeath, nor life, nor  bangels, nor principalities, nor  athings present, nor things to come, nor powers,

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nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from  athe love of God, which is  bin Christ Jesus our Lord.



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