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.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 set you free from the law of sin and of 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 what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He 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.

so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk 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 who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things 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 mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is 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 mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

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

and those who are in the flesh 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.

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to 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.

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet 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.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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

So then, brethren, we are under obligation, 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 you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these 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 you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “ Abba! Father!”

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

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children 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 children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified 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 consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

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

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing 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 creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

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.

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

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

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth 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 this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, 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 have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

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

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. Our Victory in Christ

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.

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

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.

and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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 know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

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 those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would 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 these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

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

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is 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 who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

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

Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;

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 the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes 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 will separate us from the love of Christ? Will 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.

Just as it is written, “ For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

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

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who 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,

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

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 other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.