Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New Living Translation What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? English Standard Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Berean Standard Bible What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Berean Literal Bible What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? King James Bible What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? New King James Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New American Standard Bible What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? NASB 1995 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? NASB 1977 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Legacy Standard Bible What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Amplified Bible What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us? Christian Standard Bible What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Holman Christian Standard Bible What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? American Standard Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Contemporary English Version What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? English Revised Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? GOD'S WORD® Translation What can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us? Good News Translation In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? International Standard Version What, then, can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us? Majority Standard Bible What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? NET Bible What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New Heart English Bible What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Webster's Bible Translation What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Weymouth New Testament What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us? World English Bible What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhat, then, will we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? Berean Literal Bible What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Young's Literal Translation What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us? Smith's Literal Translation What then shall we say to these? if God with us, who against us? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhat shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us? Catholic Public Domain Version So, what should we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? New American Bible What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? New Revised Standard Version What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhat then shall we say concerning these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What therefore shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentWhat, then, shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Godbey New Testament Then what shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Haweis New Testament What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who shall be against us? Mace New Testament What shall we conclude then from this? if God be for us, who can be against us? Weymouth New Testament What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us? Worrell New Testament What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Worsley New Testament What shall we say then to these things? if God be for us, who can be against us? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Works In All Things…30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. 31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?… Cross References Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Hebrews 13:6 So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Psalm 56:4 In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 2 Kings 6:16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. 1 Samuel 17:45-47 But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. / This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. / And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.” Psalm 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. Treasury of Scripture What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? What. Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? If. Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Numbers 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. Jump to Previous Appear Response SideJump to Next Appear Response SideRomans 8 1. Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.5. What harm comes of the flesh; 13. and what good of the Spirit. 19. The glorious deliverance the creation longs for, 29. was beforehand decreed from God. 38. Nothing can sever us from his love. What then shall we say to these things? This phrase serves as a rhetorical question, inviting the reader to reflect on the preceding arguments in Romans 8. The Greek word for "say" (λέγω, legō) implies a thoughtful response or declaration. Paul is urging believers to consider the implications of the truths he has just outlined, particularly the assurance of salvation and the work of the Holy Spirit. Historically, this question would resonate with early Christians facing persecution, prompting them to find strength in their faith. If God is for us who can be against us? Erasmus remarks on this, that "Cicero never said anything grander." It is needless to add that, setting aside other considerations, Cicero was not for a moment comparable in spiritual intensity, and therefore in true eloquence, to St. Paul. Verses 31-34. - What shall we then say to these things? (πρὸ ταῦτα, meaning "with respect to," not "against "). If God be for us, who can be against us? (τίς, not τί, in opposition to ὁ Θεὸς: who - what adverse power - can there possibly be, stronger than God?). He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all (evidently not for the elect only, but for all mankind; cf. on Romans 5:18), how shall he not with him also freely give us (i.e. grant us of his free grace) all things? (πάντα, corresponding to ὑπὲρ πάντων). Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect! (Not, of course, meaning that the elect, in virtue of God's choice of them, cannot, though sinful, be charged with sin; but that no possible adversary - again τίς - can be conceived as arraigning those whom God himself accepts as justified. Observe that the word here is ἐκλεκτῶν, not κλητῶν as in ver. 28. Cf. Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:14; Πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσι κλητοὶ, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί. Many may be called to a state of salvation, but not all of them chosen finally, as fulfilling the purpose of their calling.) It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. A different punctuation of these two verses is preferred by some, and seems more natural and more forcible; thus: Who shall charge God's elect? God who justifieth? Who is he that condemneth? Christ who died? etc. A similar answering a question by asking another is found below in ver. 35. The further thought is thus implied that, if neither God charges, nor Christ, the Judge, condemns, who can do either? The apostle next goes on to say that, there being none to charge and condemn us at last, so also there is none that can remove us from our state of acceptance now. For who or what can possibly prove stronger than Christ's love, which has called us to it? The enumeration that follows of things that might possibly be supposed to remove us shows again that it is not our own sins, but external circumstances of trial, that are being viewed all along as powerless to hinder our salvation.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek WhatΤί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. then οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. shall we say ἐροῦμεν (eroumen) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. in response to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. these things? ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. If εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. God [is] Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. us, ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. who [can be] τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. against καθ’ (kath’) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). us? ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links Romans 8:31 NIVRomans 8:31 NLT Romans 8:31 ESV Romans 8:31 NASB Romans 8:31 KJV Romans 8:31 BibleApps.com Romans 8:31 Biblia Paralela Romans 8:31 Chinese Bible Romans 8:31 French Bible Romans 8:31 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these (Rom. Ro) |
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