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It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/romans/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring an accusation against <i>the</i> elect of God? God <i>is</i> the <i>One</i> justifying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? <i>It is</i> God that justifieth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? <i>It is</i> God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring charges against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who will bring a charge against God&#8217s elect? God is the one who justifies;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can bring an accusation against God&#8217s elect? God is the One who justifies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Who will accuse those whom God has chosen? God has approved of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who will accuse God's elect? It is God who justifies! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who will lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Who shall impeach those whom God has chosen? God declares them free from guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who will lay a charge against the chosen ones of God? God [is] He that is declaring righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring an accusation against <i>the</i> elect of God? God <i>is</i> the <i>One</i> justifying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who shall demand payment for the chosen of God? God justifying.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who shall accuse against the elect of God? God that justifieth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who will make an accusation against the elect of God? God is the One who justifies;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who is to complain against the chosen ones of God? It is God who justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Who shall accuse The Elect of God? God is He Who declares righteous.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Who will lay anything to the charge of God's elect?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Who shall put in an accusation against the elect of God? God? He is their justifier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />who shall plead against God's elect? shall God who justifieth them?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Who shall impeach those whom God has chosen? God declares them free from guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Who will bring an accusation against God's elect? <i>It is</i> God Who justifieth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Who shall lay <i>any</i> accusation against the elect of God? <i>will</i> God, who justifieth <i>us?</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/8-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=2108" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/8.htm">God Works In All Things</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>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? <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">Who</a> <a href="/greek/1458.htm" title="1458: enkalesei (V-FIA-3S) -- To bring a charge against, accuse. From en and kaleo; to call in, i.e. Bring to account.">will bring any charge</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">against</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God’s</a> <a href="/greek/1588.htm" title="1588: eklektōn (Adj-GMP) -- From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite.">elect?</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">It is God</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/1344.htm" title="1344: dikaiōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- From dikaios; to render just or innocent.">justifies.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">34</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-8.htm">Isaiah 50:8-9</a></span><br />The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! / Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a></span><br />I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-20.htm">1 John 3:20</a></span><br />Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Psalm 32:1-2</a></span><br />Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-13.htm">Colossians 2:13-14</a></span><br />When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses, / having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a></span><br />Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a></span><br />No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm">1 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. / God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-21.htm">2 Corinthians 1:21-22</a></span><br />Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us, / placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-12.htm">Psalm 103:12</a></span><br />As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a></span><br />For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love / He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-24.htm">John 5:24</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm">1 Peter 1:5</a></span><br />who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.</p><p class="hdg">Who.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Romans 8:1</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-9.htm">Job 1:9-11</a></b></br> Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-4.htm">Job 2:4-6</a></b></br> And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life… </p><p class="hdg">of God's.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a></b></br> Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, <i>in whom</i> my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a></b></br> For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if <i>it were</i> possible, they shall deceive the very elect.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7</a></b></br> And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?</p><p class="hdg">It is.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Romans 3:26</a></b></br> To declare, <i>I say</i>, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/50-8.htm">Isaiah 50:8,9</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who <i>is</i> mine adversary? let him come near to me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8</a></b></br> And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, <i>saying</i>, In thee shall all nations be blessed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/4-8.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/acts/22-14.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/romans/4-6.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Declaring</a> <a href="/acts/9-15.htm">Elect</a> <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Free</a> <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/acts/25-5.htm">Impeach</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Justifies</a> <a href="/romans/4-5.htm">Justifieth</a> <a href="/acts/28-8.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/romans/2-20.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/romans/8-30.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/8-27.htm">Saints</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/7-10.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/romans/11-5.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/romans/11-5.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/romans/9-23.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/romans/10-6.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-1.htm">Declaring</a> <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Elect</a> <a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Free</a> <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">God's</a> <a href="/romans/13-2.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/acts/24-2.htm">Impeach</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm">Justifies</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm">Justifieth</a> <a href="/romans/9-33.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/romans/12-13.htm">Saints</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-5.htm">What harm comes of the flesh;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-13.htm">and what good of the Spirit.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-19.htm">The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-29.htm">was beforehand decreed from God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Nothing can sever us from his love.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/romans/8.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Who will bring any charge</b><br />This phrase challenges the reader to consider the ultimate authority in matters of accusation. The Greek word for "charge" is "enkalesei," which implies a formal accusation or indictment. In the historical context of the Roman legal system, accusations were serious and could lead to severe consequences. Paul is rhetorically asking who could possibly stand against the believers with a legitimate accusation when they are under divine protection. This reflects the assurance that believers have in Christ, knowing that no earthly or spiritual power can successfully accuse them before God.<p><b>against God’s elect?</b><br />The term "God’s elect" refers to those chosen by God for salvation. The Greek word "eklektos" means "chosen" or "selected." This concept is deeply rooted in the Old Testament, where Israel is often referred to as God's chosen people. In the New Testament, this election extends to all who are in Christ, emphasizing God's sovereign choice and grace. The historical context of election underscores the security and privilege of believers, as they are part of God's divine plan and purpose. This phrase reassures Christians of their secure position in God's family, chosen not by merit but by His grace.<p><b>It is God who justifies</b><br />The word "justifies" comes from the Greek "dikaioō," meaning to declare righteous. In the context of Roman law, justification was a legal term indicating a favorable verdict. Paul uses this term to describe the divine act where God declares a sinner righteous on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ. This is a central theme in Pauline theology, emphasizing that justification is an act of God, not based on human works but on faith. Historically, this was a revolutionary concept, contrasting with the prevailing Jewish belief in justification through adherence to the Law. This phrase provides profound comfort, affirming that it is God alone who has the authority to justify, and His verdict is final and unassailable.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33, 34) <span class= "bld">Who shall lay any thing</span> <span class= "bld">. . .?</span>--The punctuation and arrangement of these clauses are somewhat difficult. It seems best on the whole to connect together the two clauses at the end of <a href="/romans/8-33.htm" title="Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.">Romans 8:33</a>, and beginning of <a href="/romans/8-34.htm" title="Who is he that comdemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.">Romans 8:34</a>. The whole passage to the end of the chapter will then form a continuous proof of the certainty that all things shall be freely given to the Christian. Nothing can frustrate this: either on the side of <span class= "ital">God,</span> for when He justifies none can condemn; or on the side of <span class= "ital">Christy</span> whose death, and resurrection, and ascension, and intercession are pledges that nothing can separate us from His love.<p>What have we to fear? When God pronounces our acquittal there is none who can pronounce our condemnation. Literally, <span class= "ital">God is He who justifies, who then can condemn?</span> And answering to this in the next verse we have, Christ is He that died, &c. This is the two-fold answer to the question, "Who shall come forward to accuse God's elect?" It is a conclusive reply to this to state the relation in which the accused stand to God and to Christ.<p><span class= "bld">God's elect.</span>--Christians as such with especial reference to the process which the Apostle has been describing in <a href="/context/romans/8-29.htm" title="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 brothers.">Romans 8:29-30</a>.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/8-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="grk">τίς</span> <span class="translit">(tis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will bring any charge</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγκαλέσει</span> <span class="translit">(enkalesei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1458.htm">Strong's 1458: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bring a charge against, accuse. From en and kaleo; to call in, i.e. Bring to account.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against</span><br /><span class="grk">κατὰ</span> <span class="translit">(kata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God’s</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">elect?</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκλεκτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(eklektōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> </span><span class="str2">From eklegomai; select; by implication, favorite.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[It is] God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεὸς</span> <span class="translit">(Theos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[who]</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">justifies.</span><br /><span class="grk">δικαιῶν</span> <span class="translit">(dikaiōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1344.htm">Strong's 1344: </a> </span><span class="str2">From dikaios; to render just or innocent.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/8-33.htm">NT Letters: Romans 8:33 Who could bring a charge against God's (Rom. 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