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ROMANS 9 . . . page 1406
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.
Dear God,
Help Your daughter do what
is right. When she falls, give
her peace knowing You have
her covered so her soul can
be at rest.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
The Future Glory
what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that
future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20Against its will, all creation
was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager
hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the
day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22For
we know that all creation has been groaning
as in the pains of childbirth right up to the
present time. 23And 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,* including the new
bodies he has promised us. 24We were given
this hope when we were saved. (If we already
have something, we don’t need to hope* for
it. 25But if we look forward to something we
don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and
confidently.)
26 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. 27And the Father who
knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is
saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers*
in harmony with God’s own will. 28And we
know that God causes everything to work
18 Yet
together* for the good of those who love
God and are called according to his purpose
for them. 29For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like
his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn* among many brothers and sisters.
30 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.
Nothing Can Separate Us
from God’s Love
31 What shall we say about such wonderful
things as these? If God is for us, who can
ever be against us? 32Since he did not spare
even his own Son but gave him up for us all,
won’t he also give us everything else? 33Who
dares accuse us whom God has chosen for
his own? No one—for God himself has given
us right standing with himself. 34Who 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.
35 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? 36(As
the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are
killed every day; we are being slaughtered
like sheep.”*) 37No, despite all these things,
overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,
who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can
ever separate us from God’s love. Neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons,*
neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
39No 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.
God’s Selection of Israel
With Christ as my witness, I speak with
utter truthfulness. My conscience and
the Holy Spirit confirm it. 2My heart is filled
with bitter sorrow and unending grief 3for
my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.*
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8:23 Greek wait anxiously for sonship. 8:24 Some manuscripts read wait. 8:27 Greek for God’s holy people. 8:28 Some manuscripts
read And we know that everything works together. 8:29 Or would be supreme. 8:36 Ps 44:22. 8:38 Greek nor rulers. 9:3 Greek
my brothers.
