Romans 8

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Those who follow Jesus and live by the Spirit, not by worldly desires, are free from judgment.

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

The spiritual guidance I've found in Jesus Christ has liberated me from the chains of sin and death.

For what the law could not do, 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:

The law couldn't save us, being hindered by our human frailty. But God, in His love, sent His Son, who shared our human nature yet was without sin, to judge and defeat sin itself.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

So that the goodness the law requires may be fully met in us, who are not led by our earthly desires, but by the Spirit.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Those who chase worldly desires are consumed by them, while those who seek spiritual growth focus on spiritual matters.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Thinking only of worldly desires leads to destruction, while focusing on spiritual matters brings life and tranquility.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

A mind focused on worldly desires is at odds with God, as it doesn't follow His laws and indeed, it can't.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Those who are consumed by worldly desires cannot truly satisfy God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

You're not driven by worldly desires, but by the Spirit, if indeed God's Spirit lives within you. If anyone lacks Christ's Spirit, they don't truly belong to Him.

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

If Christ lives within you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.

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

If the same force that resurrected Jesus lives within you, then the one who brought Christ back to life will also breathe life into your earthly bodies through his presence in your heart.

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

Dear friends, we owe nothing to our earthly desires that lead us astray.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

If you let your physical desires control you, you will die. But if, by God's Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will truly live.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Those who follow God's Spirit are truly His children.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

You're no longer trapped in fear, but embraced in love; you've been welcomed into God's family, calling out to Him as your dear Father.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

The Spirit within us confirms to our own spirit, assuring us that we are indeed God's beloved children.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

As God's beloved children, we are his rightful heirs, sharing in Christ's inheritance. If we endure hardships with him, we will also share in his glory.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

I truly believe that our current struggles can't even begin to measure up to the magnificent joy and beauty that awaits us.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

All of creation eagerly awaits, with great anticipation, the day God's children are revealed.

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

The creation was bound to imperfection, not by choice, but due to the one who, in hope, imposed this condition.

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Even nature itself will be freed from its chains of decay and share in the glorious freedom enjoyed by God's children.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

We know that all of creation has been groaning together, as if in the pains of childbirth, right up to this moment.

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

Not just them, but we too, who have tasted the Spirit's first blessings, sigh deeply within us, eagerly awaiting the day we are fully adopted, our bodies redeemed.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

We find salvation through hope. But if we can see what we hope for, it's not really hope. After all, why would we hope for something we already have?

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

If we yearn for what we cannot see, we patiently and eagerly await its arrival.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

The Spirit supports us in our weaknesses. We often don't know how to pray or what to ask for, but the Spirit communicates for us, expressing our deepest feelings that words can't capture.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

The one who understands our hearts knows the Spirit's thoughts, for he pleads for the faithful, aligning with God's desires.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

We are certain that God works everything in life, good or bad, together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.

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 brethren.

God knew you before you were born and destined you to reflect the goodness of His Son, Jesus, making Him the elder brother in a large family.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Those God chose, He called. Those He called, He made righteous. And those He made righteous, He honored with glory.

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

What can we say in response to all this? If God is on our side, who could possibly stand against us?

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

He who loved us so much that He didn't even spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, wouldn't He also graciously share everything else with us?

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

Who can accuse those chosen by God? It is God Himself who declares them not guilty.

Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Who is there to condemn us? Jesus died for us, and more than that, He rose again, and now He sits beside God, pleading on our behalf.

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

Who can ever pull us away from Christ's love? Can hardships, stress, persecution, hunger, poverty, danger, or even death?

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

In the script, it says, for your cause, we face death every day; we are seen as mere lambs led to be killed.

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

Indeed, through His love for us, we are not just winners, but champions in all life's challenges.

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

I am completely convinced that nothing - not even death or life, angels or rulers, current issues or future uncertainties - can separate us from God's love.

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

No matter how high or deep, no being can ever break the bond of love we share with God through Christ Jesus, our Lord.