Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Romans
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:15 JFB -> Commentary on 8:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:15 PNT -> Commentary on 8:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:15 TSK -> Commentary on 8:15 TSK -> Entry for 8:15 WEN -> Notes on 8:15 NTB -> Abba; Adoption; God; Heir; Holy Spirit; Regeneration; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Adoption; Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The; Liberty, Christian; Prayer; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Abba; Adoption SBD -> Adoption PWP -> Devotional using 8:15 PWP -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 TV -> Devotional using 8:15 8:15 - [In Context] So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family F32 – calling him "Father, dear Father." F33
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:16 JFB -> Commentary on 8:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:16 PNT -> Commentary on 8:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 8:16 TSK -> Commentary on 8:16 TSK -> Entry for 8:16 WEN -> Notes on 8:16 NTB -> Adoption; Assurance; Heir; Holy Spirit; Inheritance; Regeneration; Religion; Righteous TTT -> Adoption; Assurance; New Birth, The; Witness of The Holy Spirit EBD -> Adoption; Assurance; Father; Witness of the Spirit SBD -> Adoption UTM -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 TV -> Devotional using 8:16 8:16 - [In Context] For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:17 JFB -> Commentary on 8:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:17 PNT -> Commentary on 8:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:17 TSK -> Commentary on 8:17 TSK -> Entry for 8:17 WEN -> Notes on 8:17 NTB -> Adoption; Afflictions And Adversities; Fellowship; Heir; Holy Spirit; Inheritance; Jesus, The Christ; Persecution; Religion; Righteous; Suffering TTT -> Adoption; New Birth, The; Reward of Saints, The; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Adoption; Heir SBD -> Adoption SPG -> Devotional using 8:17 TV -> Devotional using 8:17 TV -> Devotional using 8:17 TV -> Devotional using 8:17 8:17 - [In Context] And since we are his children, we will share his treasures – for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:18 JFB -> Commentary on 8:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:18 PNT -> Commentary on 8:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:18 TSK -> Commentary on 8:18 TSK -> Entry for 8:18 WEN -> Notes on 8:18 NTB -> Adoption; Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Glory; Holy Spirit; Religion; Righteous; Suffering TTT -> Afflictions; Glory; Reward of Saints, The EBD -> Adoption; Glory TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 TV -> Devotional using 8:18 8:18 - [In Context] Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:19 JFB -> Commentary on 8:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:19 PNT -> Commentary on 8:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:19 TSK -> Commentary on 8:19 TSK -> Entry for 8:19 WEN -> Notes on 8:19 NTB -> Adoption; Earth; Holy Spirit; Resurrection; Suffering TTT -> Adoption EBD -> Adoption; Creature; Son of God TV -> Devotional using 8:19 TV -> Devotional using 8:19 TV -> Devotional using 8:19 8:19 - [In Context] For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:20 JFB -> Commentary on 8:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:20 PNT -> Commentary on 8:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:20 TSK -> Commentary on 8:20 TSK -> Entry for 8:20 WEN -> Notes on 8:20 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Earth; Holy Spirit; Suffering; Vanity TTT -> Vanity EBD -> Adoption; Creature 8:20 - [In Context] Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:21 JFB -> Commentary on 8:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:21 PNT -> Commentary on 8:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:21 TSK -> Commentary on 8:21 TSK -> Entry for 8:21 WEN -> Notes on 8:21 NTB -> Adoption; Corruption; Earth; Holy Spirit; Resurrection; Suffering TTT -> Liberty, Christian; Second Coming of Christ, The EBD -> Adoption; Creature 8:21 - [In Context] All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:22 JFB -> Commentary on 8:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:22 PNT -> Commentary on 8:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:22 TSK -> Commentary on 8:22 TSK -> Entry for 8:22 WEN -> Notes on 8:22 NTB -> Earth; Holy Spirit; Resurrection; Suffering TTT -> Creation EBD -> Creature 8:22 - [In Context] For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:23 JFB -> Commentary on 8:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:23 PNT -> Commentary on 8:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 8:23 TSK -> Commentary on 8:23 TSK -> Entry for 8:23 WEN -> Notes on 8:23 NTB -> First Fruits; Holy Spirit; Resurrection; Suffering TTT -> Adoption; Redemption EBD -> Adoption; Resurrection of the dead SBD -> Adoption SPG -> Devotional using 8:23 SPG -> Devotional using 8:23 SPG -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 TV -> Devotional using 8:23 8:23 - [In Context] And even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us our full rights as his children, F34 including the new bodies he has promised us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:24 JFB -> Commentary on 8:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:24 PNT -> Commentary on 8:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:24 TSK -> Commentary on 8:24 TSK -> Entry for 8:24 WEN -> Notes on 8:24 NTB -> Holy Spirit; Hope; Ignorance TTT -> Salvation EBD -> Hope 8:24 - [In Context] Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don't need to hope for it.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:25 JFB -> Commentary on 8:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:25 PNT -> Commentary on 8:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:25 TSK -> Commentary on 8:25 TSK -> Entry for 8:25 WEN -> Notes on 8:25 NTB -> Holy Spirit; Hope; Ignorance; Patience TTT -> Hope; Patience TV -> Devotional using 8:25 TV -> Devotional using 8:25 TV -> Devotional using 8:25 8:25 - [In Context] But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:31 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:31 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:31 JFB -> Commentary on 8:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:31 PNT -> Commentary on 8:31 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:31 TSK -> Commentary on 8:31 TSK -> Entry for 8:31 WEN -> Notes on 8:31 NTB -> God (continued); Justification PWP -> Devotional using 8:31 TV -> Devotional using 8:31 TV -> Devotional using 8:31 TV -> Devotional using 8:31 8:31 - [In Context] What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:32 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:32 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:32 JFB -> Commentary on 8:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:32 PNT -> Commentary on 8:32 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:32 TSK -> Commentary on 8:32 TSK -> Entry for 8:32 WEN -> Notes on 8:32 NTB -> Gifts From God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Atonement, The; Gifts of God, The EBD -> Death; Incarnation PWP -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 TV -> Devotional using 8:32 8:32 - [In Context] Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:33 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:33 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:33 JFB -> Commentary on 8:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:33 PNT -> Commentary on 8:33 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:33 TSK -> Commentary on 8:33 TSK -> Entry for 8:33 WEN -> Notes on 8:33 NTB -> Justification; Perseverance; Predestination; Righteous TTT -> Condemnation; Judgment, The; Justification before God EBD -> Death PWP -> Devotional using 8:33 SPG -> Devotional using 8:33 8:33 - [In Context] Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:34 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:34 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:34 JFB -> Commentary on 8:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:34 PNT -> Commentary on 8:34 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:34 TSK -> Commentary on 8:34 TSK -> Entry for 8:34 WEN -> Notes on 8:34 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Justification; Perseverance; Righteous TTT -> Ascension of Christ, The; Judgment, The; Justification before God; Privileges of Saints; Prophecies Respecting Christ; Resurrection of Christ, The EBD -> Comforter; Death; Perseverance of the saints UTM -> Devotional using 8:34 PWP -> Devotional using 8:34 PWP -> Devotional using 8:34 SPG -> Devotional using 8:34 8:34 - [In Context] Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:35 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:35 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:35 JFB -> Commentary on 8:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:35 PNT -> Commentary on 8:35 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:35 TSK -> Commentary on 8:35 TSK -> Entry for 8:35 WEN -> Notes on 8:35 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Persecution; Perseverance; Righteous; Self-Denial TTT -> Love of Christ, The; Persecution; Steadfastness; Union With Christ EBD -> Afflictions; Death UTM -> Devotional using 8:35 PWP -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 TV -> Devotional using 8:35 8:35 - [In Context] Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:36 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:36 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:36 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:36 JFB -> Commentary on 8:36 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:36 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:36 PNT -> Commentary on 8:36 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:36 TSK -> Commentary on 8:36 TSK -> Entry for 8:36 WEN -> Notes on 8:36 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Martyrdom; Persecution; Quotations And Allusions; Righteous; Self-Denial TTT -> Steadfastness EBD -> Afflictions PWP -> Devotional using 8:36 TV -> Devotional using 8:36 TV -> Devotional using 8:36 TV -> Devotional using 8:36 TV -> Devotional using 8:36 TV -> Devotional using 8:36 8:36 - [In Context] (Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep." F36 )
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 8:37 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:37 GSB -> Study Notes on 8:37 JFB -> Commentary on 8:37 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:37 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:37 PNT -> Commentary on 8:37 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:37 TSK -> Commentary on 8:37 TSK -> Entry for 8:37 WEN -> Notes on 8:37 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Persecution; Perseverance; Righteous; War TTT -> Love of Christ, The; Steadfastness; Warfare of Saints EBD -> Afflictions UTM -> Devotional using 8:37 PWP -> Devotional using 8:37 SPG -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 TV -> Devotional using 8:37 8:37 - [In Context] No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:38 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:38 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:38 JFB -> Commentary on 8:38 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:38 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:38 PNT -> Commentary on 8:38 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:38 SRN -> Study Notes on 8:38 TSK -> Commentary on 8:38 TSK -> Entry for 8:38 WEN -> Notes on 8:38 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Assurance; Decision; Faith; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Perseverance; Righteous TTT -> Assurance EBD -> Afflictions; Fellowship SBD -> Angels PWP -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 TV -> Devotional using 8:38 8:38 - [In Context] And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 8:39 DSN -> Synopsis on 8:39 GEB -> Study Notes on 8:39 JFB -> Commentary on 8:39 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 8:39 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 8:39 PNT -> Commentary on 8:39 RWP -> Study Notes on 8:39 SRN -> Study Notes on 8:39 TSK -> Commentary on 8:39 TSK -> Entry for 8:39 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Assurance; Decision; Faith; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Perseverance; Righteous TTT -> Assurance; Love of God, The EBD -> Afflictions; Creature; Fellowship PWP -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 TV -> Devotional using 8:39 8:39 - [In Context] Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
FOOTNOTES: F32: Greek You received a spirit of sonship. F33: Greek "Abba, Father." Abba is an Aramaic term for "father." F34: Greek wait anxiously for sonship. F36: Ps 44:22.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.