Focused Passage

Romans 8:31-39

No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ

Paul moves from no condemnation in Christ, to freedom and life through the Spirit, to adoption as God's children, to suffering and future glory, to the groaning hope of creation and believers, to Spirit intercession, to God's unstoppable saving purpose, and finally to the inseparable love of God in Christ.

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31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32He 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?

33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

34Who 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.

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Verse 31

Original words

WhatΤίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularthenοὖνG3767Conjunctionshall we sayἐροῦμενG2046Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Pluralin response toπρὸςG4314Prepositionthese thingsταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralIfεἰG1487Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGod [is]ΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularforὑπὲρG5228PrepositionusἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Pluralwho [can be]τίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularagainstκαθ’G2596PrepositionusἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Verse 32

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-γεG1065ParticleHe whoὅςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singulardid not spareἐφείσατοG5339Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular. . .οὐκG3756Adverb[His]τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularownἰδίουG2398Adjective - Genitive Masculine SingularSonΥἱοῦG5207Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctiongaveπαρέδωκενG3860Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHim upαὐτόνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularforὑπὲρG5228PrepositionusἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person PluralallπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralhowπῶςG4459Adverb{will He} notοὐχὶG3780AdverbalsoκαὶG2532Conjunctionalong withσὺνG4862PrepositionHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singularfreely giveχαρίσεταιG5483Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularusἡμῖνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person PluralallπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter PluralthingsτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Verse 33

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WhoτίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill bring any chargeἐγκαλέσειG1458Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularagainstκατὰG2596PrepositionGod’sΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularelectἐκλεκτῶνG1588Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural[It is] GodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[who]G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularjustifiesδικαιῶνG1344Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 34

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Who [is]τίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularthereG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singularto condemn [us]κατακρινῶνG2632Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[For] ChristΧριστὸςG5547Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwhoG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingulardiedἀποθανώνG599Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularandδὲG1161Conjunctionmore than thatμᾶλλονG3123Adverbwas raised to lifeἐγερθείςG1453Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular-ὅςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularatἐνG1722Preposition[the] right handδεξιᾷG1188Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-ὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-καίG2532ConjunctionHe is intercedingἐντυγχάνειG1793Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularforὑπὲρG5228PrepositionusἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Verse 35

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WhoΤίςG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularshall separateχωρίσειG5563Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person PluralfromἀπὸG575PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularloveἀγάπηςG26Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof ChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular{Shall} troubleθλῖψιςG2347Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularorG2228ConjunctiondistressστενοχωρίαG4730Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularorG2228ConjunctionpersecutionδιωγμὸςG1375Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularorG2228ConjunctionfamineλιμὸςG3042Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularorG2228ConjunctionnakednessγυμνότηςG1132Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularorG2228ConjunctiondangerκίνδυνοςG2794Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularorG2228ConjunctionswordμάχαιραG3162Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 36

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AsκαθὼςG2531Adverbit is writtenγέγραπταιG1125Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionFor Your sakeἝνεκενG1752Preposition. . .σοῦG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singularwe face deathθανατούμεθαG2289Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person PluralallὅληνG3650Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Singularday longἡμέρανG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularwe are consideredἐλογίσθημενG3049Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person PluralasὡςG5613AdverbsheepπρόβαταG4263Noun - Nominative Neuter Pluralto be slaughteredσφαγῆςG4967Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Psalm 44:22
Verse 37

Original words

NoἈλλ’G235ConjunctioninἐνG1722PrepositionallπᾶσινG3956Adjective - Dative Neuter Pluralthese thingsτούτοιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Pluralwe are more than conquerorsὑπερνικῶμενG5245Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralthroughδιὰG1223PrepositionHim whoτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularlovedἀγαπήσαντοςG25Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine SingularusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Verse 38

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionI am convincedπέπεισμαιG3982Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionneitherοὔτεG3777ConjunctiondeathθάνατοςG2288Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularnorοὔτεG3777ConjunctionlifeζωὴG2222Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularneitherοὔτεG3777ConjunctionangelsἄγγελοιG32Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralnorοὔτεG3777ConjunctionprincipalitiesἀρχαὶG746Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralneitherοὔτεG3777Conjunctionthe presentἐνεστῶταG1764Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Neuter PluralnorοὔτεG3777Conjunctionthe futureμέλλονταG3195Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter PluralnorοὔτεG3777Conjunctionany powersδυνάμειςG1411Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Verse 39

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neitherοὔτεG3777ConjunctionheightὕψωμαG5313Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularnorοὔτεG3777ConjunctiondepthβάθοςG899Noun - Nominative Neuter SingularnorοὔτεG3777ConjunctionanythingτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularelseἑτέραG2087Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singularin all creationκτίσιςG2937Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularwill be ableδυνήσεταιG1410Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singularto separateχωρίσαιG5563Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActiveusἡμᾶςG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person PluralfromἀπὸG575PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularloveἀγάπηςG26Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularthat [is]τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Dative Masculine SingularourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularLordΚυρίῳG2962Noun - Dative Masculine Singular

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