New English Translation
Romans 8:34
34Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
Romans 8:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Context of Romans 8:34
32Indeed, he 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? 33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. 35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
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τίς ὁ κατακρινῶν; Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀποθανὼν μᾶλλον δὲ ἐγερθείς ὃς καί ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- he that condemnethὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- he that condemnethκατακρίνωkatakrinō · to condemnG2632
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- that diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- yeaδέde · thenG1161
- ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
- that is risenἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
- againκαίkai · andG2532
- whoὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- atἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the right handδεξιόςdexios · rightG1188
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- maketh intercessionἐντυγχάνωentugchanō · to call onG1793
- forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for Romans 8:34
- Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 14:13Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.
- Job 34:29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
- Psalms 37:33But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
- Psalms 109:31because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.
- Jeremiah 50:20When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!’”
- Romans 4:25He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.
- Romans 5:6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 14:9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- Job 33:24and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’
- Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- John 14:19In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
- Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)
- Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Hebrews 9:10They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
- Hebrews 10:10By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Commentaries on Romans 8:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Who is even at the right hand of God - To which he has exalted our human nature, which he took in conjunction with his Divinity; and there he maketh intercession for us - manages all the concerns of his own kingdom in general, and of every member of his Church in particular.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Who is he that condemneth? - Who shall pass sentence of condemnation, and consign to perdition? The function of passing sentence of condemnation on people shall pertain to Christ, the judge of quick and dead, and the apostle proceeds to say that it was certain that he would not condemn the elect of God. They were therefore secure. It is Christ that died - Or as it may be rendered, “Shall Christ who has died, condemn them?” The argument here is, that as…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. 33-3433-34. Who shall lay anything to the charge of--or, "bring any charge against." God's elect?--the first place in this Epistle where believers are styled "the elect." In what sense this is meant will appear in next chapter.Read the comment
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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
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