Flowchart Romans 8
The Wretched Man Will Be Rescued (Romans 7:23-25)
7:23 βλέπω δὲ ἕτερον νόμον
(ἐν) τοῖς μέλεσίν μου
ἀντιστρατευόμενον
τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου
καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντά[1] με
(ἐν) τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας
τῷ ὄντι (ἐν) τοῖς μέλεσίν μου.
7:24 Ταλαίπωρος[2] ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος·
τίς με ῥύσεται
(ἐκ) τοῦ σώματος τοῦ θανάτου τούτου;
7:25a χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ
(διὰ) Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.
[1] αἰχμαλωτίζω, I lead away captive: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place: Luke 21:24; figuratively, I subjugate, bring under control: 2 Corinthians 10:5; Romans 7:23; I take captive one's mind, captivate: γυναικάρια, 2 Timothy 3:6: Thayer.
[2] ταλαίπωρος, ταλαίπωρον (from ΤΑΛΑΩ, ΤΛΑΩ, to bear, undergo, and πῶρος a callus), enduring toils and troubles; afflicted, wretched: Thayer.
No Condemnation in Christ Jesus (Romans 7:25-8:8)
7:25b Ἄρα οὖν αὐτὸς ἐγὼ
τῷ μὲν νοῒ δουλεύω νόμῳ θεοῦ
τῇ δὲ σαρκὶ νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας.
8:1 Οὐδὲν ἄρα νῦν κατάκριμα
τοῖς (ἐν) Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
8:2 ὁ γὰρ νόμος
τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς
(ἐν) Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ
ἠλευθέρωσέν σε
(ἀπὸ) τοῦ νόμου
τῆς ἁμαρτίας
καὶ τοῦ θανάτου.
8:3 Τὸ γὰρ ἀδύνατον τοῦ νόμου
(ἐν) ᾧ ἠσθένει (διὰ) τῆς σαρκός,
ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ υἱὸν πέμψας
(ἐν) ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας
καὶ
(περὶ) ἁμαρτίας
κατέκρινεν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν
(ἐν) τῇ σαρκί,
8:4 ἵνα τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου πληρωθῇ
(ἐν) ἡμῖν
τοῖς μὴ (κατὰ) σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν
ἀλλὰ (κατὰ) πνεῦμα.
8:5 οἱ γὰρ (κατὰ) σάρκα
ὄντες τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς φρονοῦσιν,
οἱ δὲ (κατὰ) πνεῦμα
τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος.
8:6 τὸ γὰρ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς
θάνατος,
τὸ δὲ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος
ζωὴ καὶ εἰρήνη·
8:7 διότι τὸ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς
ἔχθρα (εἰς) θεόν,
τῷ γὰρ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ
οὐχ ὑποτάσσεται,
οὐδὲ γὰρ δύναται·
8:8 οἱ δὲ (ἐν) σαρκὶ ὄντες
θεῷ ἀρέσαι οὐ δύνανται.
The Spirit Lives in Every Christian and Makes Them Alive (Romans 8:9-11)
8:9 Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐστὲ
(ἐν) σαρκὶ ἀλλ’ (ἐν) πνεύματι,
εἴπερ πνεῦμα θεοῦ οἰκεῖ (ἐν) ὑμῖν.
εἰ δὲ τις πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει,
οὗτος οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ.
8:10 εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς (ἐν) ὑμῖν,
τὸ μὲν σῶμα νεκρὸν
(διὰ) ἁμαρτίαν
τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζωὴ
(διὰ) δικαιοσύνην.
8:11 εἰ δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα
τοῦ ἐγείραντος τὸν Ἰησοῦν
(ἐκ) νεκρῶν
οἰκεῖ (ἐν) ὑμῖν,
ὁ ἐγείρας Χριστὸν (ἐκ) νεκρῶν
ζῳοποιήσει
καὶ τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ὑμῶν
(διὰ) τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος αὐτοῦ πνεύματος
(ἐν) ὑμῖν.
The Spirit Lives in Every Christian and Makes Them Alive (Romans 8:9-11)
8:12 Ἄρα οὖν, ἀδελφοί,
ὀφειλέται ἐσμὲν οὐ τῇ σαρκὶ
τοῦ (κατὰ) σάρκα ζῆν,
8:13 εἰ γὰρ (κατὰ) σάρκα ζῆτε,
μέλλετε ἀποθνῄσκειν·
εἰ δὲ πνεύματι
τὰς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος θανατοῦτε,
ζήσεσθε.
8:14 ὅσοι γὰρ πνεύματι θεοῦ ἄγονται,
οὗτοι υἱοὶ θεοῦ εἰσιν.
8:15 οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν
(εἰς) φόβον
ἀλλ’ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας
(ἐν) ᾧ κράζομεν·
αββα ὁ πατήρ.
8:16 αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα συμμαρτυρεῖ
τῷ πνεύματι ἡμῶν
ὅτι ἐσμὲν τέκνα θεοῦ.
8:17 εἰ δὲ τέκνα,
καὶ κληρονόμοι·
κληρονόμοι μὲν θεοῦ,
συγκληρονόμοι δὲ Χριστοῦ,
εἴπερ συμπάσχομεν
ἵνα καὶ συνδοξασθῶμεν.
Creation Suffering & Futility Now: Glory & Freedom Later (Romans 8:18-22) Paralleling the Experience of the Individual Believer (cf. 7:14-25)
8:18 Λογίζομαι γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἄξια
τὰ παθήματα τοῦ νῦν καιροῦ
(πρὸς) τὴν μέλλουσαν δόξαν
ἀποκαλυφθῆναι
(εἰς) ἡμᾶς.
8:19 ἡ γὰρ ἀποκαραδοκία[3] τῆς κτίσεως
τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν
τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ θεοῦ
ἀπεκδέχεται[4].
8:20 τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι[5]
ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη[6],
οὐχ ἑκοῦσα[7]
ἀλλὰ
(διὰ) τὸν ὑποτάξαντα,
(ἐφ’) ἑλπίδι
8:21 ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ κτίσις
ἐλευθερωθήσεται[8]
(ἀπὸ) τῆς δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς[9]
(εἰς) τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τῆς δόξης
τῶν τέκνων τοῦ θεοῦ.
[3] ἀποκαραδοκία, ἀποκαραδοκιας, ἡ (etymologically, καραδόκειν, to watch with head erect or outstretched, to direct attention to anything, to wait for in suspense, anxiously (?) to look forth from one's post. But the prefix ἀπό refers also to time, so that it signifies constancy in expecting; hence, the noun, found in Paul alone and twice, denotes), anxious (?) and persistent expectation: Also Philippians 1:20: Thayer.
[4] PM/P(d)I3S ἀπεκδέχομαι I patiently wait for (cf. English wait it out): absolutely. Also vv. 23, 25: Thayer.
[5] ματαιότης, ματαιότητος, ἡ in the LXX for הֶבֶל (often in Ecclesiastes), also for שָׁוְא, vanity, futility, folly. Thayer: a. what is devoid of truth and appropriateness: 2 Peter 2:18. b. perverseness, depravation: Ephesians 4:17. c. frailty, want of vigor: Romans 8:20: Thayer.
[6] API3S ὑποτάσσω I subject; divine passive.
[7] ἑκών, ἑκοῦσα, ἑκον, adj, NFS, unforced, voluntary, willing, of one's own will, of one's own accord: Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 9:17.
[8] FPI3S ἐλευθερόω I free, liberate: divine passive.
[9] φθορά, φθορᾶς, ἡ corruption, destruction, perishing, decomposition, decay: Thayer.
Creation’s Groaning Are the Birth Pains In the World and Us As We Await Adoption and Salvation (8:22-27)
8:22 οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι
πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις συστενάζει[10]
καὶ συνωδίνει[11]
(ἄχρι) τοῦ νῦν·
8:23 οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ
αὐτοὶ
τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος ἔχοντες,
ἡμεῖς καὶ
αὐτοὶ (ἐν) ἑαυτοῖς στενάζομεν[12]
υἱοθεσίαν ἀπεκδεχόμενοι[13],
τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν.
8:24 .ῇ γὰρ ἐλπίδι ἐσώθημεν[14]·
ἐλπὶς δὲ βλεπομένη[15] οὐκ ἔστιν
ἐλπίς·
ὃ γὰρ βλέπει τίς ἐλπίζει,
8:25 εἰ δὲ ὃ οὐ βλέπομεν ἐλπίζομεν,
(δι’) ὑπομονῆς[16] ἀπεκδεχόμεθα.
8:26 Ὡσαύτως[17] δὲ καὶ
τὸ πνεῦμα συναντιλαμβάνεται[18]
τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ ἡμῶν·
τὸ γὰρ τί προσευξώμεθα[19]
καθὸ[20] δεῖ
οὐκ οἴδαμεν,
ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα
ὑπερεντυγχάνει[21]
8:27 ὁ δὲ ἐραυνῶν[24] τὰς καρδίας
οἶδεν[25] τί
τὸ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος,
ὅτι (κατὰ) θεὸν ἐντυγχάνει[26]
(ὑπὲρ) ἁγίων.
[10] PAI3S συστενάζω I groan together with: NT hapax.
[11] PAI3S συνωδίνω a. properly, to feel the pains of travail with, be in travail together: b. metaphorically, to undergo agony like a woman in childbirth along with: Thayer.
[12] PAI1S στενάζω I groan, sigh.
[13] PM/PPtcpNSM ἀπεκδέχομαι I expect eagerly.
[14] API1P σῴζω I save.
[15] PM/PPtcpNSF βλέπω I see.
[16] ὑπομονή, ῆς, ἡ endurance, steadfastness, perseverance.
[17] ὡσαύτως likewise, in the same way, similarly.
[18] PM/PI3S συναντιλαμβάνομαι I to lay hold along with, to strive to obtain with others, help in obtaining, help: Thayer.
[19] AMSubj1P προσεύχομαι I pray.
[20] καθό, adverb, according to what, 1. as: Romans 8:26. 2. according as; in so far as, so far forth as.
[21] PAI3S ὑπερεντυγχάνω I intercede.
[22] στεναγμός, στεναγμοῦ, ὁ (στενάζω), a groaning, a sigh: Thayer.
[23] ἀλάλητος, adj, not to be uttered, not to be expressed in words, muted, either suppressed by grief, or which from their nature cannot be uttered: Thayer.
[24] PAPtcpNSM ἐρευνάω I search, examine into: Thayer.
[25] PfAI3S οἶδα I know.
[26] PAI3S ἐντυγχάνω takes dative; 1. I light upon, fall in with, hit upon. 2. I go to, meet, especially for conversation, consultation, or supplication; thus, I pray, entreat, I make intercession for (with dative of person approached in prayer being omitted); I plead with one against anyone, to accuse one to anyone: Romans 11:2: Thayer.
All things work for good for conforming the elect to the Son of God, and the Golden Chain (Romans 8:28-30)
8:28 Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι
τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν[27] τὸν θεὸν
πάντα συνεργεῖ[28] (εἰς) ἀγαθόν,
τοῖς (κατὰ) πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν.
8:29 ὅτι οὓς προέγνω[29],
καὶ προώρισεν [30] συμμόρφους[31]
τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ,
(εἰς) τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον
(ἐν) πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς·
8:30 οὓς δὲ προώρισεν,
τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσεν·
καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσεν,
τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν·
οὓς δὲ ἐδικαίωσεν,
τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασεν.
[27] PAPtcpDMP ἀγαπάω I love
[28] PAI3S συνεργέω I work together with, co-operate
[29] AAI3S προγινώσκω I foreknow
[30] AAI3S προορίζω I predestine
[31] σύμμορφος, σύμμορφον, adj, having the same form as another, similar, conformed to: Thayer.
God is for us, no-one can stand against us (Romans 8:31-37)
8:31 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν[32] (πρὸς) ταῦτα,
εἰ ὁ θεὸς (ὑπὲρ) ἡμῶν, τίς (καθ’) ἡμῶν;
8:32 ὅς γε[33] τοῦ ἰδίου υἱοῦ οὐκ ἐφείσατο[34]
ἀλλ’ (ὑπὲρ) ἡμῶν πάντων παρέδωκεν αὐτόν,
πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ (σὺν) αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ἡμῖν χαρίσεται[35];
8:33 τίς ἐγκαλέσει[36] (κατὰ) ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ;
θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν·
8:34 τίς ὁ κατακρινῶν;
Χριστὸς [Ἰησοῦς]
ὁ ἀποθανών,
μᾶλλον δὲ ἐγερθείς[37],
ὃς καί ἐστιν (ἐν) δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ,
ὃς καὶ ἐντυγχάνει[38] (ὑπὲρ) ἡμῶν.
8:35 τίς ἡμᾶς χωρίσει[39] (ἀπὸ) τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Χριστοῦ;
θλῖψις
ἢ στενοχωρία[40]
ἢ διωγμὸς[41]
ἢ λιμὸς
ἢ γυμνότης
ἢ κίνδυνος
ἢ μάχαιρα;
8:36 καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι
(ἕνεκεν) σοῦ θανατούμεθα[42]
ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν,
ἐλογίσθημεν ὡς πρόβατα σφαγῆς.
8:37 ἀλλ’ (ἐν) τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν
(διὰ) τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς.
8:38 πέπεισμαι γὰρ ὅτι
οὔτε θάνατος
οὔτε ζωὴ
οὔτε ἄγγελοι
οὔτε ἀρχαὶ
οὔτε ἐνεστῶτα
οὔτε μέλλοντα
οὔτε δυνάμεις
8:39 οὔτε ὕψωμα
οὔτε βάθος
οὔτε τις κτίσις ἑτέρα δυνήσεται ἡμᾶς χωρίσαι
(ἀπὸ) τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ θεοῦ
τῆς (ἐν) Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.
[32] FAI1P ἐρεῶ I say, speak
[33] particle that emphasizes the key word that follows it.
[34] AMI3S φείδομαι I spare, abstain, forebear
[35] FMI3S χαρίζομαι I show grace, grant, forgive, pardon
[36] FAI3S ἐγκαλέω I accuse, bring a change against
[37] APPtcpNSM ἐγείρω I raise
[38] PAI3S ἐντυγχάνω I intercede
[39] FAI3S χωρίζω I separate, divide
[40] στενοχωρία, στενοχωρίας, ἡ, narrowness of place, a narrow space, dire calamity, extreme affliction, distress, anguish: Thayer
[42] PPI1P I put to death.
7:23 Now I see another law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin which is in my members.
7:24 I [am] a wretched man! Who will rescue me from the body of this death.
7:25 Now thanks [be] to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7:25b Therefore, then, I myself in my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but in the flesh [I am enslaved] to [the] law of sin.
8:1 Therefore, now [there is] no condemnation to those [who are] in Christ,
8:2 for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed you from the law of sin and death.
8:3 For the inability of the law, in which it was weakened through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in [the] likeness of [the] flesh of sin and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh,
8:4 so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to [the] flesh, but according to [the] Spirit.
8:5 For those existing according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those of the Spirit [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit.
8:6 For the mind of the flesh [is] death, but the mind of the Spirit [is] life and peace.
8:7 Because the mind of the flesh [is] hostile toward God, for it does not submit to the law of God, for neither is it able [to do so].
8:8 And those existing in [the] flesh are not able to please God.
8:9 But [all of] you are not in [the] flesh but in [the] Spirit, since/if indeed [the] Spirit of God lives in you [all]. And if someone does not have [the] Spirit of Christ, this one is not of him.
8:10 But if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
8:11 And if the Spirit raising Jesus from [the] dead lives in you, the one raising Christ from the dead also will make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you [all].
8:12 Therefore, then, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to [the] flesh.
8:13 For if you live according to [the] flesh, you are going to die, but if by [the] Spirit you are putting to death the practices of the body you will live.
8:14 For as many as are being led by [the] Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
8:15 For we did not receive a spirit of slavery again into fear, but we have received [the] Spirit of adoption, in whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father’.
8:16 The same Spirit testifies to our Spirit that we are children of God.
8:17 And if children, also heirs; heirs of God, but co-heirs of Christ, since indeed we are suffering along with [him], so that also we might be glorified along with [him].
8:18 For we consider that the sufferings of the present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] to the glory going to be revealed to us.
8:19 For the eager expectation of the creation is patiently waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not voluntarily, but because of the one subjecting [it], on the basis of] hope,
8:21 that the creation itself will be liberated from the slavery of decomposition into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
8:22 For we know that all the creation together groans and experiences the agony of birth pain together up until the present,
8:23 and not only [this] but also we ourselves who have the firstfruit of the Spirit, we ourselves groan in ourselves as we patiently await adoption, the redemption of our body.
8:24 For in th[is] hope we were saved. But seen hope is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
8:25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, we patiently await [it] through perseverance.
8:26 And in the same way also the Spirit helps [us] in our weakness. For we do not know what we should pray for as is necessary, but the Spirit himself intercedes with inexpressible groans.
8:27 And the one searching the heart knows what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he entreats according to God on behalf of the saints.
8:28And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good for those who are called according to [his] purpose.
8:29 For [those] whom he foreknew he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be [the] firstborn among many brothers.
8:30 And [those] whom he predestined, these also he called. And [those] whom he called, these also he justified. And [those] whom he justified, these also he glorified.
8:31 Therefore, what will we say to these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
8:32 [He] who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up on behalf of us all, how will he not graciously grant to us together with him all things?
8:33 Who will accuse [us] against the elect of God? God, the one who justifies.
8:34 Who [is] is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus, the one who died, but more [than that], having been raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [Shall] trouble or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword? 36Just as it is written, that ‘For your sake the whole day [long] we are considered as sheep for slaughter.
8:37 Nevertheless, in all these things we are super-conquerors through the one who loved us,
8:38 for I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, nor present things nor things going to be nor powers
8:39 nor height nor depths nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God the one in Christ Jesus our Lord.