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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Romans 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Romans 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/7.htm" title="Romans 7">◄</a> Romans 8 <a href="../romans/9.htm" title="Romans 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/romans/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Life in the Spirit</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And because you belong to him, the power<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of the life-giving Spirit has freed you<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> from the power of sin that leads to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> because you have been made right with God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, dear brothers and sisters,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> you will live. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> of God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="hdg">The Future Glory</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> including the new bodies he has promised us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> for it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a> in harmony with God’s own will. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And we know that God causes everything to work together<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">n</span></a> among many brothers and sisters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="hdg">Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">o</span></a>) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">p</span></a> neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the law;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:2b.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2b </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts read </span><span class="it">me.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">our flesh;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 8:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">your spirit is alive.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">brothers;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:29.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:13 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">deeds of the body.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:14 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">sons;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:19.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:15a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">you received a spirit of sonship.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:15b </span><span class="it">Abba</span><span class="ft"> is an Aramaic term for “father.”</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:23 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">wait anxiously for sonship.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts read </span><span class="it">wait.</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:27 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">for God’s holy people.</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts read </span><span class="it">And we know that everything works together.</span><br><span class="fn">n</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">would be supreme.</span><br><span class="fn">o</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft">Ps 44:22.</span><br><span class="fn">p</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:38 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">nor rulers.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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