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Romans 8:18-39- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)
August 16
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We Will Have Glory in the Future
18We have sufferings now. But the sufferings we have now are nothing compared to
the great glory that will be given to us. 19Everything that God made is waiting
with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are.
The whole world wants very much for that to happen. 20Everything that God made
was changed to be like it was worth nothing. It did not want to change, but God
decided to change it. But there was this hope: 21That everything God made would
be made free from ruin (decay). There was hope that everything God made would have
the freedom and glory that belong to God's children. 22We know that everything God
made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child.
23Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have
the Spirit* as the first part of God's promise. So we are waiting for God to finish
making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.
24We were saved, and we have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, then
that is not really hope. People don't hope for something they already have. 25But
we are hoping for something that we don't have yet. We are waiting for it patiently.
26Also, the Spirit* helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our
weakness. We don't know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks
to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings
that words cannot explain. 27God can see what is in people's hearts. And God knows
what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit speaks to God for his people
in the way that God wants.
28We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him.
These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan. 29God knew those
people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like
his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn* of many brothers [and sisters].
30God planned for those people to be like his Son. And he called (chose) those people.
God called those people and made them right with him. And God gave his glory to
those people that he made right.
God's Love in Christ Jesus
31So what should we say about this? If God is with us, then no person can defeat
us. 32[God will do anything for us]. God even let his own Son suffer for us. God
gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things.
33Who can accuse the people that God has chosen? No one! God is the One who makes
his people right. 34Who can say that God's people are guilty? No one! Christ Jesus
died [for us], but that is not all. He was also raised from death. And now he is
at God's right side and is begging God for us. 35Can anything separate us from
Christ's love? No! Can trouble separate us from Christ's love? No! Can problems
or persecution* separate us from Christ's love? No! If we have no food or clothes,
will that separate us from Christ's love? No! Will danger or even death separate
us from Christ's love? No! 36Like it is written in the Scriptures* : "For you (Christ)
we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep
to be killed." (Psalm 44:22)
37But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for
us. 38-39Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love--not death,
not life, not angels or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in
the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us--nothing in the whole
created world--will ever be able to separate us from God's love that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Footnotes: Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ,
and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does God's work among people in
the world. firstborn The first male child in a family. Here, it probably means that
Christ was the first in God's family to share God's glory. persecution Being hurt
or bothered by Christ's enemies. Scripture(s) Holy Writings--the Old Testament.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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