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ForγὰρI am convincedπέπεισμαιthatὅτιneitherοὔτεdeathθάνατοςnorοὔτεlifeζωὴnorοὔτεangelsἄγγελοιnorοὔτεrulersἀρχαὶnorοὔτεthings presentἐνεστῶταnorοὔτεthings to comeμέλλονταnorοὔτεpowers,δυνάμεις
Romans 8:38
Study it in the app“For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come nor powers,”
Neither death nor life can separate us from God's loveGraceNothing in all creation can separate us from God's loveLoveNeither affliction nor danger nor anything created separates us from God’s love in the MessiahSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
Romans 8:38, word by word
- I am convincedπέπεισμαιpepeismai
be confident
To be sure of something, rely on someone.
Where else “pepeismai” appears- neitherοὔτεoute
neither, nor
Neither, nor.
Where else “oute” appears- deathθάνατοςthanatos
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatos” appears- lifeζωὴzōē
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōē” appears- angelsἄγγελοιangeloi
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angeloi” appears- rulersἀρχαὶarchai
ruler
Authorities, human or spiritual forces.
Where else “archai” appears- things presentἐνεστῶταenestōta
present
What has already begun and is lived now, as against what is to come.
Where else “enestōta” appears- things to comeμέλλονταmellonta
coming
What has not yet arrived: the new world.
Where else “mellonta” appears- powersδυνάμειςdynameis
powers
Forces of the unseen world; or the sense of a word.
Where else “dynameis” appears
The context
37But in all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us.
38 · This verse (above)
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.
To study Romans 8 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say in vv. 38-39 will not be able to separate us from the love of God?
2. What it means
Paul begins by saying there is no condemnation for those in the Messiah Jesus (v. 1). What does that mean to you?
3. How I live it
The Spirit helps us in weakness when we do not know what to ask (v. 26). How do you pray when you cannot find words?