Romans 8:38
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which 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
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Read in contextRomans 14:8
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8–10
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Read in context1 Peter 3:22
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Read in contextColossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by 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 things present, or things to come; all are yours;
Read in contextColossians 2:15
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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