1 T herefore, now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.

¶ So that now, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 F or the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ, Jesus, has made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 F or God has done what the Law could not do, being weakened by the flesh '> the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh '> subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice],

For that which was impossible to the law, 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

4 S o that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit.

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

5 F or those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the Spirit.

For those that are according to the flesh know the things that are of the flesh; but those that are according to the Spirit, the things that are of the Spirit.

6 N ow the mind of the flesh is death '> comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.

For the prudence of the flesh is death, but the prudence of the Spirit, life and peace,

7 b ecause the mind of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot.

because the prudence of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, neither indeed can it.

8 S o then those who are living the life of the flesh cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.

So then, those that are carnal cannot please God.

9 B ut you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells within you. But if anyone does not possess the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, because the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, that person is not of him.

10 B ut if Christ lives in you, your body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

¶ But if Christ is in you, the body is truly dead because of sin, but the Spirit is alive because of righteousness.

11 A nd if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.

And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up the Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

12 S o then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh, to live of the flesh.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

13 F or if you live according to the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the Spirit you are putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the deeds prompted by the body, you shall live forever.

For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die; but if through the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 F or all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For all that are led by the Spirit of God, the same are sons of God.

15 F or you have now received not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption in which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 T he Spirit Himself testifies together with our own spirit, that we are children of God.

For the same Spirit bears witness unto our spirit that we are sons of God,

17 A nd if we are children, then we are heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.

¶ and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.

18 F or I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!

For I know with certainty that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory which shall be manifested in us.

19 F or creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known.

For the earnest hope of the creatures waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 F or the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it— with the hope

For the creatures were subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected them,

21 T hat nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

with the hope that the same creatures shall be delivered from the slavery of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

22 W e know that the whole creation has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now.

For we now know that all the creatures groan together and travail in pain together until now.

23 A nd not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the Spirit groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons).

And not only they, but ourselves also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, that is to say, the redemption of our body.

24 F or in hope we were saved. But hope which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?

For in hope we are saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man sees, he does not wait for.

25 B ut if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.

But if we wait for that which we do not see, with patience we wait for it.

26 S o too the Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.

¶ And likewise also the Spirit helps our weakness; for we know not how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself makes entreaty for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 A nd He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes and pleads in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.

But he that searches the hearts knows what is the desire of the Spirit, that according to the will of God, he makes entreaty for the saints.

28 W e are assured and know that '> God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are for good to and for those who love God and are called according to design and purpose.

And we now know that unto those who love God, all things help them unto good, to those who according to the purpose are called to be saints.

29 F or those whom He foreknew '> aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning to be molded into the image of His Son, that He might become the firstborn among many brethren.

¶ For unto those whom he knew beforehand, he also marked out beforehand the way that they might be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 A nd those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified.

And unto those whom he did mark out beforehand the way, to these he also called; and to whom he called, these he also justified; and to whom he justified, these he also glorified.

31 W hat then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who against us?

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

32 H e who did not withhold or spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all things?

He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also give us all things with him?

33 W ho shall bring any charge against God’s elect God Who justifies

Who shall accuse the chosen of God’s? God is he that justifies them.

34 W ho is there to condemn ? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us?

Who is he that condemns them? Christ, Jesus, is he who died and, even more, he that also rose again, who furthermore is at the right hand of God, who also makes entreaty for us.

35 W ho shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?

Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

36 E ven as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter.

(As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.)

37 Y et amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

Nevertheless, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 F or I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,

Therefore I am certain that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come

39 N or height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

nor height nor depth nor any creature shall be able to separate us from the charity of God, which is in Christ, Jesus our Lord.