Romans 8:38–39
Neither death nor life can separate us from God's love
Study it word by word38For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers,
39nor height nor depth nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
In its context
36As it is written: For your sake we are being put to death all the day; we were counted as sheep for slaughter.
37But in all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us.
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Its words in the original
- πέπεισμαιpepeismai· persuade, trust
To persuade, convince; to trust.
- οὔτεoute· neither, nor
Neither, nor.
- θάνατοςthanatos· death
Death.
- ζωὴzōē· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- ἄγγελοιangeloi· messenger, angel
Messenger. When sent from heaven, an angel.
- ἀρχαὶarchai· beginning
Beginning, start; also authority, rule.
- ἐνεστῶταenestōta· be present
Be present, be here now; also be at hand, be coming.
- μέλλονταmellonta· be about to
Be about to, be going to do something.
- δυνάμειςdynameis· power, mighty work
Power, strength, ability. In the plural, works of power: miracles.
- ὕψωμαhypsōma· height
Height; also what rises up against something.
- βάθοςbathos· depth
Depth; the deep.
- κτίσιςktisis· creation
Creation; what has been created.
- ἑτέραhetera· other, another
Other, another, different.
- δυνήσεταιdynēsetai· can, be able
Can, be able.
- χωρίσαιchōrisai· separate
Separate; in the passive, depart, leave.
- ἀγάπηςagapēs· love
Love.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ΧριστῷChristōi· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- κυρίῳkyriōi· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.