Romans 8:38
36 As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
39 neither 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- KJV
- For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
- WEB
- For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
- ASV
- For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
- DARBY
- For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
- BLB
- For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things about to be, nor powers,
- ÅB
- For jeg er sikker på at hverken død eller liv, hverken engler eller åndelige herskere, hverken det som nå er eller det som skal komme, eller noen krefter,
- OTB
- For jeg er overbevist om at verken død eller liv, verken engler eller makter, verken det nåværende eller det kommende, eller noen krefter,
- B1930
- For jeg er viss på at hverken død eller liv, hverken engler eller krefter, hverken det som nu er eller det som komme skal, eller nogen makt,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Short explanation
Neither death nor life nor anything else created can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Paul lists everything that may seem threatening and says that nothing is stronger.
Context: The end of the chapter about life in the Spirit.
See also: Romans 8:39, John 10:28
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Cross references
John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
Read in contextRomans 14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8–10
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in context1 Peter 3:22
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Read in contextColossians 1:16
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:22–23
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
Read in contextColossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
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