Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? New Living Translation Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? English Standard Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Berean Standard Bible Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Berean Literal Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? King James Bible Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? New King James Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? New American Standard Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or trouble, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? NASB 1995 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? NASB 1977 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Legacy Standard Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or turmoil, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Amplified Bible Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Berean Annotated Bible Who shall separate us from the love {agapēs} of Christ (the Anointed One)? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Christian Standard Bible Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Holman Christian Standard Bible Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? American Standard Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Contemporary English Version Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death? English Revised Version Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? GOD'S WORD® Translation What will separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or violent death separate us from his love? Good News Translation Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? International Standard Version Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this? NET Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? New Heart English Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Webster's Bible Translation Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Weymouth New Testament Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword? Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? World English Bible Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho will separate us from the love of the Christ? Tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Berean Literal Bible Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Young's Literal Translation Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Smith's Literal Translation Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? pressure, or perplexity, or expulsion, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword? Catholic Public Domain Version Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword? New American Bible What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? New Revised Standard Version Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhat shall separate me from the love of Christ? tribulation, or imprisonment, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Aramaic Bible in Plain English What will separate me from the love of The Messiah: Suffering, or imprisonment, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentWho shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? Godbey New Testament Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Haweis New Testament Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? Mace New Testament what shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or penury, or peril, or sword? Weymouth New Testament Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword? Worrell New Testament Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or perils or sword? Worsley New Testament Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More than Conquerors34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”… Cross References Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Ephesians 3:17-19 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. John 15:9-13 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. / If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. / I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. … 1 John 4:9-10 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Shall trouble or distress 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” or persecution Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. 1 Peter 4:12-14 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, or famine Psalm 33:18-19 Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion / to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. Psalm 37:19 In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied. 1 Kings 17:12-16 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” / “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, / for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” … or nakedness Revelation 3:17-18 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. / I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. Matthew 25:35-36 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ James 2:15-16 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? or danger 2 Corinthians 11:26-27 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers, / in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure. Treasury of Scripture Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? shall separate. Romans 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. shall tribulation. Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 5:3-5 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; … Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven… Jump to Previous Acts Affliction Anguish Christ Christ's Clothing Cruel Danger Distress Famine Food Hardship Hunger Love Nakedness Need Oppression Pain Peril Persecution Separate Sword Tribulation TroubleJump to Next Acts Affliction Anguish Christ Christ's Clothing Cruel Danger Distress Famine Food Hardship Hunger Love Nakedness Need Oppression Pain Peril Persecution Separate Sword Tribulation TroubleRomans 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. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? This rhetorical question emphasizes the inseparable bond between believers and Christ's love. The context of Romans 8 highlights the assurance of salvation and the security found in Christ. The love of Christ is not merely emotional but is demonstrated through His sacrificial death and ongoing intercession. This phrase echoes the covenantal faithfulness seen throughout Scripture, such as God's unwavering commitment to Israel despite their unfaithfulness (Jeremiah 31:3). Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Persons / Places / Events 1. Paul the ApostleThe author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings. 2. The Roman Church The recipients of the letter, the early Christian community in Rome, faced various challenges, including persecution and societal pressures. 3. Christ Central to this verse, Christ's love is portrayed as unbreakable and enduring despite external circumstances. 4. Persecution and Hardships The specific challenges mentioned (trouble, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword) reflect the real threats faced by early Christians. 5. The Love of Christ A central theme in Paul's writings, emphasizing the steadfast and unchanging nature of Christ's love for believers. Teaching Points The Unbreakable Bond of Christ's LoveChrist's love is not contingent on our circumstances. No external force can sever the bond between Christ and His followers. Facing Trials with Confidence Believers can face life's challenges with the assurance that Christ's love remains constant, providing strength and hope. Understanding True Security True security is found not in earthly stability but in the unwavering love of Christ, which transcends all trials. Encouragement in Persecution For those facing persecution, this verse offers profound encouragement, reminding them of the eternal perspective and the enduring love of Christ. Living Out the Assurance of Christ's Love Knowing that nothing can separate us from Christ's love should inspire us to live boldly and faithfully, regardless of the challenges we face. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Romans 8:35?2. How can Romans 8:35 strengthen your faith during personal trials and tribulations? 3. What does Romans 8:35 teach about God's love amid "trouble or hardship"? 4. How does Romans 8:35 connect with Jesus' promise in John 16:33? 5. In what ways can you apply Romans 8:35 to daily spiritual battles? 6. How can Romans 8:35 encourage others facing "persecution or famine"? 7. How does Romans 8:35 address the concept of separation from God's love? 8. What historical context influenced the writing of Romans 8:35? 9. How does Romans 8:35 challenge the belief in eternal security? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Romans 8? 11. What can divide us from Christ's love? 12. What can divide us from Christ's love? 13. What can separate us from God's love? 14. Does Jesus have love for me? What Does Romans 8:35 Mean Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?Paul opens with a sweeping challenge. No created being or circumstance can pry believers from Christ’s embrace (John 10:28-29). His love is covenantal and unbreakable, echoing the steadfast refrain of Psalm 136, “His loving devotion endures forever.” Because Christ’s love is rooted in His finished work (Romans 8:32), it stands outside the reach of any earthly force. Trouble Life’s crushing pressures—family crises, financial shocks, sudden illness—cannot dislodge us. Paul elsewhere testifies, “We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). The same God who delivered Israel from Egypt still proves His faithfulness in the tight spots of everyday discipleship. Distress When anxiety threatens to suffocate and options run out, Christ’s love remains. David cried from suffocating “distress” yet found refuge (Psalm 18:6). Hebrews 13:5 anchors us the same way: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” External circumstances may hem us in, but His presence enlarges our hearts within the confinement. Persecution Hostility for the faith—mockery at school, loss of position, even imprisonment—was Paul’s daily reality (2 Corinthians 11:23-27). Yet he insists persecution cannot sever us from Christ; instead it confirms our union with Him (Matthew 5:11-12; Acts 5:41). In suffering with Christ, believers experience His nearness more keenly. Famine Material lack, whether food insecurity or broader economic collapse, never signals divine abandonment. Elijah was fed by ravens (1 Kings 17:6), and Paul learned contentment in both hunger and fullness (Philippians 4:12-13). Christ’s love supplies strength even when cupboards are bare. Nakedness Exposure and vulnerability—literal or figurative—cannot shame us out of His care. Adam and Eve’s covering in Genesis 3:21 previews the full clothing of righteousness granted in Christ (Isaiah 61:10). Even when earthly shelter or dignity is stripped away, believers are “clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). Danger Whether shipwrecks, storms, or societal upheaval, believers live under divine supervision (Acts 27:22-25). Psalm 91 describes the Lord as refuge amid “the peril of the day.” Dangers may surge, yet they cannot breach the perimeter of Christ’s love. Sword The ultimate threat—violence and death—still fails to separate. Jesus conquered death (2 Timothy 1:10); therefore, martyrdom ushers the believer not into separation but into closer fellowship: “to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). Revelation 2:10 affirms, “Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.” summary Romans 8:35 catalogs the fiercest foes a believer might face, only to declare them powerless against Christ’s unbreakable love. From everyday pressures to lethal persecution, nothing outside or inside creation can detach us from Him. His cross secured an eternal bond; His resurrection guarantees its permanence. Rest, therefore, not in changing circumstances but in the constant, conquering love of Christ. (35) The love of Christ.--That is to say, the love which Christ has for us, not that which we have for Christ.Shall tribulation?--Comp. 2Corinthians 6:4; 2Corinthians 11:23. The Apostle is speaking from his own actual experience. Verses 35-39. - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (i.e. the love of Christ to us, and in the same sense "the love of God" below; cf. τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς in ver. 37). Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. (This quotation of Psalm 44:22 may be introduced as showing that such trials have ever been the lot of God's servants, and did not separate the saints of old from God.) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors (ὑπερνικῶμεν - we not only conquer in spite of them; we conquer all the more because of them; cf. Romans 5:3, etc., and Romans 8:28) through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall he able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. In these two concluding verses the thought is distinctly extended from circumstances of trial to all powers, human or superhuman, that may be conceived as assaulting us through them, or in any way opposing us. But it is still adverse powers and influences, not our own failure in perseverance, that are in view. It is not necessary to define what is exactly meant by each of the expressions in these verses. Enough to say that what is meant is, that nothing whatever, in heaven or earth, or under the earth, can thwart God's good purpose for us, or separate us from his love. The following paraphrastic summary of this important chapter, free from the encumbrance of notes, may help to a clearer perception of its drift and sequence of thought: -Greek WhoΤίς (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. shall separate χωρίσει (chōrisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5563: From chora; to place room between, i.e. Part; reflexively, to go away. us ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. love ἀγάπης (agapēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. of Christ? Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. {Shall} trouble θλῖψις (thlipsis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2347: Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. distress στενοχωρία (stenochōria) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 4730: A narrow space, great distress, anguish. From a compound of stenos and chora; narrowness of room, i.e. calamity. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. persecution διωγμὸς (diōgmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1375: Chase, pursuit; persecution. From dioko; persecution. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. famine λιμὸς (limos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3042: A famine, hunger. Probably from leipo; a scarcity of food. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. nakedness γυμνότης (gymnotēs) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1132: Nakedness. From gumnos; nudity. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. danger κίνδυνος (kindynos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2794: Danger, peril, risk. Of uncertain derivation; danger. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. sword? μάχαιρα (machaira) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3162: A sword. Probably feminine of a presumed derivative of mache; a knife, i.e. Dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment. Links Romans 8:35 NIVRomans 8:35 NLT Romans 8:35 ESV Romans 8:35 NASB Romans 8:35 KJV Romans 8:35 BibleApps.com Romans 8:35 Biblia Paralela Romans 8:35 Chinese Bible Romans 8:35 French Bible Romans 8:35 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love (Rom. Ro) |
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