Romans 8:35

Romans 8:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• New International Version (NIV)Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Context of Romans 8:35

33Who will accuse those whom God has chosen? God has approved of them. 34Who will condemn them? Christ has died, and more importantly, he was brought back to life. Christ is in the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. Christ also intercedes for us. 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? 36As Scripture says: “We are being killed all day long because of you. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.

Romans 8:35 word by word

Τίς ἡμᾶς χωρίσει ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Χριστοῦ; θλῖψις ἢ στενοχωρία ἢ διωγμὸς ἢ λιμὸς ἢ γυμνότης ἢ κίνδυνος ἢ μάχαιρα;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• shall separateχωρίζωchōrizō · to separate/leaveG5563
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the loveὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• tribulationθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
• orἤē · orG2228
• distressστενοχωρίαstenochōria · hardshipG4730
• persecutionδιωγμόςdiōgmos · persecutionG1375
• famineλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
• nakednessγυμνότηςgumnotēs · nakednessG1132
• perilκίνδυνοςkindunos · dangerG2794
• swordμάχαιραmachaira · swordG3162

Cross-references for Romans 8:35

• Romans 8:39or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation.
• Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him. His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren,
• Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to me in a faraway place and said, “I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness.
• John 10:28and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear them away from me.
• John 13:1Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Jesus loved his own who were in the world, and he loved them to the end.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. You are loved by the Lord and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through a life of spiritual devotion and faith in the truth.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
• Romans 8:17If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.
• Romans 5:3But that’s not all. We also brag when we are suffering. We know that suffering creates endurance,
• Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted for doing what God approves of. The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
• Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
• Luke 21:12“Before all these things happen, people will arrest and persecute you. They will hand you over to their synagogues and put you into their prisons. They will drag you in front of kings and governors because of my name.
• John 16:33I’ve told you this so that my peace will be with you. In the world you’ll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
• Acts 14:22They strengthened the disciples in these cities and encouraged the disciples to remain faithful. Paul and Barnabas told them, “We must suffer a lot to enter God’s kingdom.”
• Acts 20:23However, the Holy Spirit warns me in every city that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.
• 2 Corinthians 4:17Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.

Commentaries on Romans 8:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? - I do think that this question has been generally misunderstood. The apostle is referring to the persecutions and tribulations to which genuine Christians were exposed through their attachment to Christ, and the gracious provision God had made for their support and final salvation. As in this provision God had shown his infinite love to them in providing Jesus Christ as their sin-offering, and Jesus Christ…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Who shall separate us - That is, finally or entirely separate us. This is a new argument of the apostle, showing his strong confidence in the safety of the Christian. From the love of Christ - This expression is ambiguous; and may mean either our love to Christ or his love to us. I understand it in the former sense, and suppose it means, “Who shall cause us to cease to love the Saviour?” In other words, the love which Christians have for their Redeemer is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 All things whatever, in heaven and earth, are not so great a display of God's free love, as the gift of his coequal Son to be the atonement on the cross for the sin of man; and all the rest follows upon union with him, and interest in him. All things, all which can be the causes or means of any real good to the faithful Christian. He that has prepared a crown and a kingdom for us, will give us what we need in the way to it. Men may justify…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 35-3635-36. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?--This does not mean "our love to Christ," as if, Who shall hinder us from loving Christ? but "Christ's love to us," as is clear from the closing words of the chapter, which refer to the same subject. Nor would the other sense harmonize with the scope of the chapter, which is to exhibit the ample ground of the believer's confidence in Christ. "It is no ground of confidence to assert, or even to feel…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 8:35

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Paul
• Persecution
• Perseverance
• Righteous
• Self-Denial
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Afflictions
• Allow
• Bondage
• Carnal
• Death
• Enmity
• Fear
• Flesh

Commentaries on Romans 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings