Romans 8 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Nihil ergo nunc damnationis est iis qui sunt in Christo Jesu: qui non secundum carnem ambulant.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 Lex enim spiritus vitæ in Christo Jesu liberavit me a lege peccati et mortis.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
3 Nam quod impossibile erat legi, in quo infirmabatur per carnem: Deus Filium suum mittens in similitudinem carnis peccati et de peccato, damnavit peccatum in carne,
3 For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
4 ut justificatio legis impleretur in nobis, qui non secundum carnem ambulamus, sed secundum spiritum.
4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
5 Qui enim secundum carnem sunt, quæ carnis sunt, sapiunt: qui vero secundum spiritum sunt, quæ sunt spiritus, sentiunt.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 Nam prudentia carnis, mors est: prudentia autem spiritus, vita et pax:
6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
7 quoniam sapientia carnis inimica est Deo: legi enim Dei non est subjecta, nec enim potest.
7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.
8 Qui autem in carne sunt, Deo placere non possunt.
8 Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
9 Vos autem in carne non estis, sed in spiritu: si tamen Spiritus Dei habitat in vobis. Si quis autem Spiritum Christi non habet, hic non est ejus.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
10 Si autem Christus in vobis est, corpus quidem mortuum est propter peccatum, spiritus vero vivit propter justificationem.
10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11 Quod si Spiritus ejus, qui suscitavit Jesum a mortuis, habitat in vobis: qui suscitavit Jesum Christum a mortuis, vivificabit et mortalia corpora vestra, propter inhabitantem Spiritum ejus in vobis.
11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
12 Ergo fratres, debitores sumus non carni, ut secundum carnem vivamus.
12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 Si enim secundum carnem vixeritis, moriemini: si autem spiritu facta carnis mortificaveritis, vivetis.
13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 Quicumque enim Spiritu Dei aguntur, ii sunt filii Dei.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
15 Non enim accepistis spiritum servitutis iterum in timore, sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum, in quo clamamus: Abba (Pater).
15 For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
16 Ipse enim Spiritus testimonium reddit spiritui nostro quod sumus filii Dei.
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
17 Si autem filii, et hæredes: hæredes, quidem Dei, cohæredes autem Christi: si tamen compatimur ut et conglorificemur.
17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
18 Existimo enim quod non sunt condignæ passiones hujus temporis ad futuram gloriam, quæ revelabitur in nobis.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
19 Nam exspectatio creaturæ revelationem filiorum Dei exspectat.
19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
20 Vanitati enim creatura subjecta est non volens, sed propter eum, qui subjecit eam in spe:
20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
21 quia et ipsa creatura liberabitur a servitute corruptionis in libertatem gloriæ filiorum Dei.
21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
22 Scimus enim quod omnis creatura ingemiscit, et parturit usque adhuc.
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23 Non solum autem illa, sed et nos ipsi primitias spiritus habentes: et ipsi intra nos gemimus adoptionem filiorum Dei exspectantes, redemptionem corporis nostri.
23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
24 Spe enim salvi facti sumus. Spes autem, quæ videtur, non est spes: nam quod videt quis, quid sperat?
24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
25 Si autem quod non videmus, speramus: per patientiam exspectamus.
25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
26 Similiter autem et Spiritus adjuvat infirmitatem nostram: nam quid oremus, sicut oportet, nescimus: sed ipse Spiritus postulat pro nobis gemitibus inenarrabilibus.
26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.
27 Qui autem scrutatur corda, scit quid desideret Spiritus: quia secundum Deum postulat pro sanctis.
27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
28 Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti.
28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
29 Nam quos præscivit, et prædestinavit conformes fieri imaginis Filii sui, ut sit ipse primogenitus in multis fratribus.
29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 Quos autem prædestinavit, hos et vocavit: et quos vocavit, hos et justificavit: quos autem justificavit, illos et glorificavit.
30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
31 Quid ergo dicemus ad hæc? si Deus pro nobis, qui contra nos?
31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 Qui etiam proprio Filio suo non pepercit, sed pro nobis omnibus tradidit illum: quomodo non etiam cum illo omnia nobis donavit?
32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
33 Quis accusabit adversus electos Dei? Deus qui justificat,
33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
34 quis est qui condemnet? Christus Jesus, qui mortuus est, immo qui et resurrexit, qui est ad dexteram Dei, qui etiam interpellat pro nobis.
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Quis ergo nos separabit a caritate Christi? tribulatio? an angustia? an fames? an nuditas? an periculum? an persecutio? an gladius?
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 (Sicut scriptum est: [Quia propter te mortificamur tota die: æstimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.)]
36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Sed in his omnibus superamus propter eum qui dilexit nos.
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38 Certus sum enim quia neque mors, neque vita, neque angeli, neque principatus, neque virtutes, neque instantia, neque futura, neque fortitudo,
38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 neque altitudo, neque profundum, neque creatura alia poterit nos separare a caritate Dei, quæ est in Christo Jesu Domino nostro.
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Cross references (39)
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- 1 John 3:18–19; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 3:13; Romans 5:1; 1 Corinthians 1:30
- 2 Romans 6:14; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Romans 6:18; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 8:10–11
- 3 Acts 13:39; Galatians 4:4–5; Hebrews 7:18–19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13
- 4 Galatians 5:16; Galatians 5:22–25; Colossians 1:22; Hebrews 12:23; Ephesians 5:26–27
- 5 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:19–25; John 3:6; Colossians 3:1–3; Romans 8:6–7
- 6 Galatians 6:8; Romans 8:7; Romans 8:13; Romans 13:14; Romans 6:23
- 7 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 John 2:15–16; James 4:4; Ephesians 4:18–19; Romans 7:22
- 8 John 3:5–6; Hebrews 11:5–6; Romans 8:9; Romans 7:5; Colossians 1:10
- 9 Galatians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Timothy 1:14; 1 Corinthians 6:19; John 14:17
- 10 Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 5:1–4
- 11 2 Corinthians 4:14; Romans 6:4–5; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Ephesians 1:19–20; Romans 8:9
- 12 Romans 6:2–15; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; 1 Peter 4:2–3; Psalm 116:16
- 13 Galatians 6:8; 1 Peter 2:11; Colossians 3:5–8; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Titus 2:12
- 14 Galatians 5:18; John 1:12; Galatians 3:26; Galatians 5:16; Psalm 143:10
- 15 2 Timothy 1:7; Galatians 4:5–7; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Romans 8:16; Ephesians 1:5
- 16 1 John 4:13; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Ephesians 1:13; Romans 8:26
- 17 Galatians 4:7; Galatians 3:29; Ephesians 3:6; 1 Peter 4:13; Revelation 21:7
- 18 2 Corinthians 4:17–18; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 1:5–7; Matthew 5:11–12; Acts 20:24
- 19 Malachi 3:17–18; Romans 8:23; 1 John 3:2; 2 Peter 3:11–13; Philippians 1:20
- 20 Genesis 3:17–19; Genesis 5:29; Romans 8:22; Jeremiah 12:4; Isaiah 24:5–6
- 21 Revelation 22:3–5; Acts 3:21; Revelation 21:1; 2 Peter 3:13; Romans 8:19
- 22 Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 12:11; John 16:21; Romans 8:20; Colossians 1:23
- 23 Philippians 3:20–21; Hebrews 9:28; 2 Corinthians 5:2–5; Titus 2:13; Ephesians 1:14
- 24 Hebrews 11:1; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:8
- 25 Romans 12:12; Hebrews 10:36; Psalm 27:14; Lamentations 3:25–26; James 5:7–11
- 26 Matthew 10:20; Ephesians 6:18; Galatians 4:6; John 14:16; Jude 20–21
- 27 Jeremiah 17:10; 1 John 5:14–15; Ephesians 2:18; Romans 8:34; Acts 1:24
- 28 1 Peter 5:10; James 1:12; Genesis 50:20; Romans 5:3–5; 1 Corinthians 2:9
- 29 Ephesians 1:4–5; Jeremiah 1:5; Ephesians 1:11; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Peter 1:20
- 30 Revelation 17:14; Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:11; Romans 9:23–24; Ephesians 1:5
- 31 Psalm 118:6; Jeremiah 1:19; Psalm 56:11; 1 John 4:4; Isaiah 54:17
- 32 John 3:16; Romans 8:28; Psalm 84:11; 1 John 4:10; 2 Corinthians 5:21
- 33 Revelation 12:10–11; Isaiah 50:8–9; Isaiah 54:17; Romans 8:1; Luke 18:7
- 34 Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:27; Hebrews 9:24; 1 Peter 3:22; Romans 8:1
- 35 John 10:28; Psalm 103:17; John 16:33; Romans 5:3–5; 2 Corinthians 4:17
- 36 Psalm 44:22; Isaiah 53:7; 1 Corinthians 15:30; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; 1 Corinthians 4:9
- 37 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 4:4; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 1 John 5:4–5; Revelation 21:7
- 38 John 10:28; Romans 14:8; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 5:8–10; 1 Peter 3:22
- 39 John 10:28–30; Romans 8:35; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 3:18–19; 1 John 4:19
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What the Fathers said
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After showing how great the reward of a spiritual life is, and that it maketh Christ to dwell in us, and that it quickeneth our mortal bodies, and wingeth them to heaven, and rendereth the way of virtue easier, he next fitly introduces an exhortation to this purpose.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… by the prophet and by Paul, of whom the apostle, calling to mind the Scripture, says in the Epistle addressed to the Romans, "As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep for the slaughter." But here the expression "all the day long" is put for all this time during …
They would perchance have been troubled, and have vomited it forth, and Thou wouldest hear them when they cried unto Thee; for by a true death in the flesh He died for us, who now maketh intercession for us with Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… when he saith, "There is therefore no condemnation now to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit: for the law of the Spirit of life hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Make ready then the vessel of thy soul, that thou mayest become a son of God, and an heir of God, and joint-heir with Christ; if, indeed, thou art preparing thyself that thou mayest receive; if thou art drawing nigh in faith that thou mayest be made faithful; if of set purpose thou art putting off the old man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)