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Romans 8:1-17- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)
August 15
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Life in the Spirit
8 1So now people that are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty. 2Why am I not
judged guilty? Because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit* that brings life made
me free. It made me free from the law that brings sin and death. 3The law* was without
power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law
could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other
people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used
a human life to condemn (destroy) sin. 4God did this so that we could be right like
the law said we must be. Now we don't live following our sinful selves. We live
following the Spirit. 5People that live following their sinful selves think only
about things that their sinful selves want. But those people that live following
the Spirit* are thinking about the things that the Spirit wants them to do. 6If
a person's thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then there is spiritual death.
But if a person's thinking is controlled by the Spirit, then there is life and peace.
7Why is this true? Because if a person's thinking is controlled by his sinful self,
then that person is against God. That person refuses to obey God's law. And really
that person is not able to obey God's law. 8Those people that are ruled by their
sinful selves cannot please God.
9But you are not ruled by your sinful selves. You are ruled by the Spirit,* if that
Spirit of God really lives in you. But if any person does not have the Spirit of
Christ, then that person does not belong to Christ. 10Your body will always be
dead because of sin. But if Christ is in you, then the Spirit gives you life, because
Christ made you right with God. 11God raised Jesus from death. And if God's Spirit
is living in you, then he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the
One who raised Christ from death. And he will give life to your bodies through his
Spirit that lives in you.
12So, my brothers [and sisters], we must not be ruled by our sinful selves. We must
not live the way our sinful selves want. 13If you use your lives to do the wrong
things your sinful selves want, then you will die spiritually. But if you use the
Spirit's* help to stop doing the wrong things you do with your body, then you will
have [true] life. 14The true children of God are those people that let God's Spirit
lead them. 15The Spirit* that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again
and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God's chosen children. And
with that Spirit we say, "[Abba],* Father." 16And the Spirit himself joins with
our spirits to say we are God's children. 17If we are God's children, then we will
get the blessings God has for his people. We will get these things from God. We
will receive those blessings together with Christ. But we must suffer like Christ
suffered. Then we will have glory like Christ has glory.
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. law God's law. It is represented in the law of Moses. Abba An Aramaic
word. Jewish children called their fathers "[Abba]."
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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