Life in the Spirit
1 There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin. 4 God did this so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature. 5 Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. 6 To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. 7 And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it. 8 Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.
9 But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to—if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ lives in you, the Spirit is life for you because you have been put right with God, even though your bodies are going to die because of sin. 11 If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.
12 So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. 13 For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live. 14 Those who are led by God's Spirit are God's children. 15 For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!” 16 God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. 17 Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.
The Future Glory
18 I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. 20 For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope 21 that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free. 24 For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express. 27 And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.
28 We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose. 29 Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers. 30 And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.
God's Love in Christ Jesus
31 In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things? 33 Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty! 34 Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us! 35 Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? 36 As the scripture says,
“For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, 39 neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Tad nu tiem, kas ir Kristū Jēzū, vairs nav nekādas pazudināšanas.
2 Jo dzīvības gara likums Kristū Jēzū tevi atsvabinājis no grēka un nāves likuma.
3 Jo, ko bauslība nespēja, nevarīga būdama mūsu miesas dēļ, to ir darījis Dievs: sūtīdams savu paša Dēlu grēcīgās miesas veidā un grēka dēļ, viņš grēku, kas bija miesā, pazudinājis uz nāvi,
4 Lai bauslības taisnības prasība tiktu piepildīta mūsu dzīvē, kas nedzīvojam vairs miesai, bet garam.
5 Jo miesas cilvēki tiecas pēc miesas lietām, bet gara cilvēki pēc gara lietām.
6 Miesas tieksme ved nāvē, bet gara tieksme—uz dzīvību un mieru.
7 Jo miesas tieksme ir naidā ar Dievu: tā neklausa Dieva likumam, jo tā to nespēj.
8 Miesas cilvēki nevar patikt Dievam.
9 Bet jūs neesat miesā, bet garā, tik tiešām, ka Dieva gars mīt jūsos. Bet ja kādam nav Kristus gara, tas nepieder viņam.
10 Bet ja Kristus ir jūsos, tad miesa gan ir mirusi grēka dēļ, bet gars ir dzīvs taisnības dēļ.
11 Un ja jūsos mājo tā gars, kas Jēzu uzmodinājis no miroņiem, tad viņš, kas Kristu Jēzu uzmodinājis no miro-ņiem, ari jūsu mirstīgās miesas darīs dzīvas ar savu garu, kas ir jūsos.
12 Tā tad, brāļi, mūs vairs nekas nesaista ar miesu, ka mums būtu jādzīvo pēc miesas;
13 Jo, ja jūs pēc miesas dzīvojat, tad jums jāmirst. Bet, ja jūs gara spēkā darāt galu miesas darbībai, tad jūs dzīvosit.
14 Jo visi, ko vada Dieva gars, ir Dieva bērni.
15 Jo jūs neesat saņēmuši verdzības garu, lai atkal kristu bailēs, bet jūs esat saņēmuši dievbēmības garu, kas mums liek saukt: Aba—Tēvs!
16 Šis pats gars apliecina mūsu garam, ka esam Dieva bērni.
17 Ja nu esam bērni, tad ari mantinieki, —Dieva mantinieki un Kristus līdzmantinieki; jo tiešām, ja līdz ar viņu ciešam, mēs līdz ar viņu tiksim ari apskaidroti.
18 Es domāju, ka šī laika ciešanas ir nenozīmīgas, salīdzinot ar nākamo godību, kas atspīdēs pār mums.
19 Arī visa radība ilgodamās gaida to dienu, kad Dieva bērni parādīsies savā godībā.
20 Jo radība pakļauta iznīcībai, nevis aiz savas patikas, bet aiz tā gribas, kas viņu tai pakļāvis; tomēr viņai dota cerība.
21 Jo arī pati radība reiz tiks atsvabināta no iznīcības verdzības un iegūs Dieva bērnu apskaidrību un svabadibu.
22 Jo mums ir zināms, ka visa radība vēl aizvien līdz ar mums klusībā nopūšas un cieš sāpes.
23 Bet nevien viņa, ari mēs paši, kas jau esam apveltīti ar pirmo debessbalvu—garu, ar ilgu pilnām nopūtām gaidām, kad saņemsim savu bērnu tiesu, savas miesas pilnīgo atpestīšanu.
24 Jo vēl tikai cerībā esam pestīti. Bet tas, kas jau redzams, nav vairs cerība. Jo, ja kāds jau ko redz, vai tam uz to vēl jācer?
25 Bet, ja ceram uz to, ko neredzam, tad to ar pacietību sagaidām.
26 Bez tam arī Gars nāk palīgā mūsu nespēkam; jo mēs nezinām, ko mums būs lūgt un kā; bet pats Gars aizlūdz par mums ar bezvārdu nopūtām.
27 Bet tas, kas izpētī sirdis, saprot, ko Gars grib, ja tas ar dievišķiem vārdiem nāk palīgā svētajiem.
28 Un mēs zinām, ka tiem, kas mīl Dievu, visas lietas nāk par labu, tāpēc ka tie pēc viņa mūžīgā nodoma ir aicināti.
29 Jo, kufus viņš sākumā nozīmējis, tos viņš nolēmis darīt līdzīgus sava Dēla tēlam, lai viņš būtu pirmdzimušais daudz brāļu starpā.
30 Bet kupus viņš iepriekš nolēmis atpestīt, tos viņš arī aicinājis; un, kurus viņš aicinājis, tos viņš arī taisnojis; bet kurus viņš taisnojis, tos viņš arī apskaidrojis.
31 Ko nu sacīsim par visu to? Ja Dievs par mums, kas būs pret mums?
32 Viņš jau savu paša dēlu nav saudzējis, bet to par mums visiem nodevis nāvē. Kā tad viņš līdz ar to mums nedāvinās visas lietas?
33 Kas vēl apsūdzēs Dieva izredzētos? Vai Dievs, kas mūs taisno?
34 Kas mūs pazudinās? Vai Kristus Jēzus, kas ir nomiris, vēl vairāk, kas ir augšāmcēlies un ir pie Dieva labās rokas, kas ari mūs aizstāv?
35 Kas mūs šķirs no Kristus mīles-tības? Vai ciešanas, izbailes, vajāšanas, bads plikums, briesmas vai zobins?
36 Gluži, kā ir rakstīts: „Tevis dēļ mēs ciešam nāvi augu dienu, mēs tiekam turēti līdzīgi kaujamām avīm“.
37 Nē, visās šinīs lietās mēs pārpārim paliekam uzvarētāji tā spēkā, kas mūs mīlējis.
38 Tāpēc es esmu pārliecināts, ka ne nāve, ne dzīve, ne eņģeļi, ne varas, ne tagadne, ne nākotne,
39 Ne spēki, ne augstumi, ne dziļumi, ne cita kāda radīta lieta mūs nevarēs šķirt no Dieva mīlestības, kas atklājusies Kristū Jēzū, mūsu Kungā!
