Romans

Walking by the Spirit

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set youfree from the law of sin and death.

3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

6The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

8Those controlled by the fleshcannot please God.

9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alivebecause of righteousness.

11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the deadwill also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

Heirs with Christ

12Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

15For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Future Glory

18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.

19The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.

20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope

21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

God Works in All Things

28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

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.

More than Conquerors

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.

在聖靈裏的生活

1如今，那些在基督耶穌裏的就不定罪了。

2因為賜生命聖靈的律，在基督耶穌裏釋放了我，使我脫離罪和死的律了。

3律法既因肉體軟弱，有所不能行的，上帝就差遣自己的兒子，成為罪身的形狀，作了贖罪祭，在肉體中定了罪案，

4使律法的義成就在我們這不隨從肉體、只隨從聖靈的人身上。

5因為，隨從肉體的人體貼肉體的事；隨從聖靈的人體貼聖靈的事。

6體貼肉體的，就是死；體貼聖靈的，乃是生命、平安。

7原來體貼肉體的，就是與上帝為仇；因為不服上帝的律法，也是不能服，

8而且屬肉體的人不能得上帝的喜歡。

9如果上帝的靈住在你們心裏，你們就不屬肉體，乃屬聖靈了。人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。

10基督若在你們心裏，身體就因罪而死，心靈卻因義而活。

11然而，叫耶穌從死裏復活者的靈若住在你們心裏，那叫基督耶穌從死裏復活的，也必藉着住在你們心裏的聖靈，使你們必死的身體又活過來。

12弟兄們，這樣看來，我們並不是欠肉體的債去順從肉體活着。

13你們若順從肉體活着，必要死；若靠着聖靈治死身體的惡行，必要活着。

14因為凡被上帝的靈引導的，都是上帝的兒子。

15你們所受的，不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的，乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」

16聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女；

17既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是上帝的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。

將來的榮耀

18我想，現在的苦楚若比起將來要顯於我們的榮耀就不足介意了。

19受造之物切望等候上帝的眾子顯出來。

20因為受造之物服在虛空之下，不是自己願意，乃是因那叫他如此的。

21但受造之物仍然指望脫離敗壞的轄制，得享上帝兒女自由的榮耀。

22我們知道，一切受造之物一同歎息，勞苦，直到如今。

23不但如此，就是我們這有聖靈初結果子的，也是自己心裏歎息，等候得着兒子的名分，乃是我們的身體得贖。

24我們得救是在乎盼望；只是所見的盼望不是盼望，誰還盼望他所見的呢？

25但我們若盼望那所不見的，就必忍耐等候。

26況且，我們的軟弱有聖靈幫助；我們本不曉得當怎樣禱告，只是聖靈親自用說不出來的歎息替我們禱告。

27鑒察人心的，曉得聖靈的意思，因為聖靈照着上帝的旨意替聖徒祈求。

28我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。

29因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。

30預先所定下的人又召他們來；所召來的人又稱他們為義；所稱為義的人又叫他們得榮耀。

上帝的愛

31既是這樣，還有甚麼說的呢？上帝若幫助我們，誰能敵擋我們呢？

32上帝既不愛惜自己的兒子，為我們眾人捨了，豈不也把萬物和他一同白白地賜給我們嗎？

33誰能控告上帝所揀選的人呢？有上帝稱他們為義了。

34誰能定他們的罪呢？有基督耶穌已經死了，而且從死裏復活，現今在上帝的右邊，也替我們祈求。

35誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕呢？難道是患難嗎？是困苦嗎？是逼迫嗎？是飢餓嗎？是赤身露體嗎？是危險嗎？是刀劍嗎？

36如經上所記：我們為你的緣故終日被殺； 人看我們如將宰的羊。

37然而，靠着愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。

38因為我深信無論是死，是生，是天使，是掌權的，是有能的，是現在的事，是將來的事，

39是高處的，是低處的，是別的受造之物，都不能叫我們與上帝的愛隔絕；這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裏的。