Walking by the Spirit (Ezekiel 36:16–38; Galatians 5:16–26)
1 WBS There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.BSB BSB: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2 WBS For the law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death. BSB BSB: For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
3 WBS For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: BSB BSB: For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
4 WBS That the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. BSB BSB: so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 WBS For they that are according to the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh: but they that are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. BSB BSB: Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
6 WBS For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace: BSB BSB: The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
7 WBS Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. BSB BSB: because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
8 WBS So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. BSB BSB: Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
10 WBS And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. BSB BSB: But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
11 WBS But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised Christ from the dead will also revive your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. BSB BSB: And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Heirs with Christ 12 WBS Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. BSB BSB: Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
13 WBS For if ye live according to the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. BSB BSB: For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 WBS For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. BSB BSB: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
17 WBS And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him , that we may be glorified together. BSB BSB: And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Future Glory (2 Corinthians 5:1–10)
21 WBS Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. BSB BSB: that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22 WBS For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now: BSB BSB: We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
23 WBS And not only they , but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit , the redemption of our body. BSB BSB: Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24 WBS For we are saved by hope: But hope that is seen, is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? BSB BSB: For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
25 WBS But if we hope for what we see not, then with patience we wait for it . BSB BSB: But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
26 WBS Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. BSB BSB: In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
27 WBS And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints, according to the will of God. BSB BSB: And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
God Works in All Things (Ephesians 1:3–14)
28 WBS And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. BSB BSB: And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
29 WBS For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. BSB BSB: For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 WBS Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. BSB BSB: And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
33 WBS Who will lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth: BSB BSB: Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
34 WBS Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, or rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. BSB BSB: Who 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.
More than Conquerors (Psalm 44:1–26)
35 WBS Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? BSB BSB: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
36 WBS As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. BSB BSB: As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 WBS But in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. BSB BSB: No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 WBS For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, BSB BSB: For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 WBS Nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. BSB BSB: neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.