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.
Dzīve Garā
1 Tiem, kas Kristū Jēzū, vairs nav pazudināšanas, 2 jo dzīvības Gara likums Kristū Jēzū ir tevi atbrīvojis no grēka un nāves likuma. 3 Tā kā bauslība miesas dēļ bija nespēcīga un to nespēja, Dievs grēka dēļ ir sūtījis savu Dēlu grēcīgās miesas veidolā un tā miesā grēku ir notiesājis, 4 lai bauslības taisnība tiktu piepildīta mūsos, kas dzīvojam nevis pēc miesas, bet pēc Gara. 5 Jo tie, kas ir pēc miesas, patur prātā miesīgo, bet tie, kas pēc Gara, – garīgo. 6 Miesas saprašana ir nāve, bet Gara saprašana ir dzīvība un miers, 7 jo miesas prāts ir naidā ar Dievu, tas nepakļaujas Dieva bauslībai, nedz arī to spēj. 8 Tie, kas ir miesīgi, nevar būt tīkami Dievam. 9 Jūs gan neesat miesīgi, bet garīgi, ja vien Dieva Gars mīt jūsos; kam Kristus Gara nav, tas viņam nepieder. 10 Un, ja Kristus ir jūsos, tad miesa grēkā gan ir mirusi, bet gars caur taisnību ir dzīvs. 11 Un, ja jūsos mājo tā Gars, kas Kristu augšāmcēlis no mirušajiem, tad viņš, kas Kristu augšāmcēlis no mirušajiem, arī jūsu mirstīgās miesas darīs dzīvas caur savu Garu, kas jūsos iemājojis. 12 Tātad mēs, brāļi, ne jau miesai esam parādā, ka būtu jādzīvo pēc miesas. 13 Ja jūs dzīvojat pēc miesas, jūs mirsiet, bet, ja jūs miesas darbus Garā nonāvējat, jūs dzīvosiet, – 14 jo tie, ko vada Dieva Gars, ir Dieva dēli. 15 Jūs neesat saņēmuši verdzības garu, lai atkal baidītos, bet esat saņēmuši dēlu tiesības un Garu, kurā mēs saucam: Aba! Tēvs! 16 Un Gars pats kopā ar mūsu garu liecina, ka mēs esam Dieva bērni. 17 Bet, ja bērni, tad arī mantinieki – Dieva mantinieki un Kristus līdzmantinieki, ja vien līdz ar viņu ciešam, lai līdz ar viņu nāktu godībā.
Nākamā godība
18 Es domāju, ka šī laika ciešanas ir nenozīmīgas tās nākamās godības priekšā, kas mums tiks atklāta. 19 Arī visa radība ilgodamās gaida, kad Dieva dēli atklāsies godībā. 20 Jo radība ir pakļauta nīcībai nevis labprātīgi, bet pēc tās Pakļāvēja gribas, un tai ir cerība, 21 ka tā no iznīcības verdzības tiks atbrīvota Dieva bērnu godības pilnai brīvībai. 22 Mēs zinām, ka visa radība līdz pat šim laikam nopūšas un cieš radību mokas; 23 bet ne viņa vien, arī mēs, kas esam saņēmuši Gara pirmos augļus, pie sevis nopūšamies, gaidīdami uz savām dēlu tiesībām mūsu miesas izpirkšanai. 24 Jo cerībā mēs esam pestīti. Bet cerība, kas redzama, vairs nav cerība. Vai tad kāds vēl cer uz to, ko viņš jau redz? 25 Bet, ja ceram uz to, ko neredzam, tad ar pacietību to gaidīt gaidām. 26 Tā arī Gars nāk palīgā mūsu nespēkam, jo mēs nezinām, kas un kā mums jālūdz, bet Gars pats mūs aizstāv ar bezvārdu nopūtām. 27 Un tas, kas izpēta sirdis, zina, kas Garam padomā, tādēļ ka Gars pēc Dieva prāta iestājas par svētajiem. 28 Un mēs zinām, ka tiem, kas Dievu mīl un kas pēc viņa iepriekšējā nodoma ir aicināti, viss nāk par labu. 29 Tos, par kuriem Dievs jau iepriekš ir lēmis, tos viņš arī noteica izveidot līdzīgus sava Dēla tēlam, lai viņš būtu pirmdzimtais daudzu brāļu vidū. 30 Un, par kuriem viņš jau iepriekš ir noteicis, tos viņš arī aicina, un, kurus aicina, tos arī attaisno, un, kurus attaisno, tos arī pagodina.
Dieva mīlestība Kristū
31 Ko lai mēs par to sakām? Ja Dievs ir par mums, kas būs pret mums? 32 Kā tad viņš, kas savu paša Dēlu nav saudzējis, bet atdevis viņu par mums visiem, līdz ar viņu nedāvās mums visas lietas? 33 Kas apsūdzēs Dieva izredzētos? – Dievs tos attaisno. 34 Kas tos pazudinās? – Ir taču Kristus Jēzus, kas miris, vēl vairāk, kas augšāmcēlies, kas ir pie Dieva labās rokas un kas aizstāv arī mūs! 35 Kas mūs šķirs no Kristus mīlestības? Vai bēdas, vai nelaimes, vai vajāšanas, vai bads, vai kailums, vai briesmas, vai zobens? 36 Tā, kā ir rakstīts:
tevis dēļ mēs augu dienu topam nodoti nāvē,
mēs esam pielīdzināti kaujamām avīm.
37 Bet visā tajā mēs pārpārēm esam uzvarētāji, pateicoties Kristum, kas mūs ir mīlējis. 38 Un es esmu pārliecināts, ka nedz nāve, nedz dzīve, nedz eņģeļi, nedz varas, nedz tagadne, nedz nākotne, nedz spēki, 39 nedz augstumi, nedz dziļumi, nedz kāda cita radīta lieta mūs nespēs šķirt no Dieva mīlestības, kas ir Kristū Jēzū, mūsu Kungā.
