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There is thereforenownocondemnation to them which are inChristJesus, who walknotafter the flesh,butafter the Spirit.
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For the law of the Spirit of lifeinChristJesus hath mademefreefrom the law of sinanddeath.
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For what the law could not do,inthat it was weakthrough the flesh,Godsending his ownSonin the likeness of sinfulflesh,andforsin,[a]condemnedsinin the flesh:
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That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilledinus, who walknotafter the flesh,butafter the Spirit.
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For they that areafter the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
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For to becarnally[b]minded is death;but to bespirituallyminded is lifeandpeace.
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Because the carnal[c]mind is enmityagainstGod:for it isnotsubject to the law of God,neitherindeed can be.
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So then they that arein the fleshcannot*pleaseGod.
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Butyearenotin the flesh,butin the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of Goddwellinyou.Now if any manhavenot the Spirit of Christ,heisnone of his.
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AndifChrist be inyou, the bodyisdeadbecause of sin;but the Spirit is lifebecause of righteousness.
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Butif the Spirit of him that raised upJesusfrom the deaddwellinyou, he that raised upChristfrom the deadshallalsoquickenyourmortalbodiesby[d]hisSpirit that dwellethinyou.
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Therefore*, brethren, we aredebtors,not to the flesh, to liveafter the flesh.
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Forif ye liveafter the flesh, ye shalldie: butifye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,theyare the sons of God.
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For ye havenotreceived the spirit of bondageagaintofear;but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,wherebywecry, Abba,Father.
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The Spirititself beareth witness with ourspirit,that we are the children of God:
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Andifchildren,thenheirs;heirs of God*, andjoint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may bealso glorified together.
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For I reckonthat the sufferings of this presenttime are notworthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealedinus.
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For the earnest expectation of the creaturewaiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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For the creature was made subject to vanity,notwillingly,but by reason of him who hath subjected the same inhope,
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Because the creatureitselfalso shall be deliveredfrom the bondage of corruptioninto the gloriousliberty of the children of God.
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For we knowthat the wholecreationgroanethand travaileth in pain togetheruntilnow.
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Andnotonly they, butourselvesalso, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit,evenweourselvesgroanwithinourselves,waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of ourbody.
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For we are saved by hope:buthope that is seenisnothope:forwhat a manseeth, why doth heyet hope for?
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Butif we hope for that we seenot, then do wewithpatience wait for it.
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Likewise the Spiritalsohelpethourinfirmities:for we knownotwhat we should pray foras we ought: but the Spirititself maketh intercessionforus with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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And he that searcheth the heartsknowethwhat is the mind of the Spirit,because[e] he maketh intercessionfor the saintsaccording to the will of God.
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And we know that all things work togetherforgood to them thatloveGod, to them who are the calledaccording to his purpose.
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Forwhom he did foreknow, healso did predestinate to be conformed to the image of hisSon,thathe might be the firstbornamongmanybrethren.
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Moreoverwhom he did predestinate, themhealsocalled: andwhom he called, themhealsojustified: andwhom he justified, themhealsoglorified.
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What shall wethensayto these things?IfGod be forus,who can be againstus?
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He that*sparednot his ownSon,butdeliveredhimupforusall,how shall henotwithhimalso freely giveus all things?
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Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God'select? It is God that justifieth.
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Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yearather*, that is risen again, whoisevenat the right hand of God,whoalso maketh intercessionforus.
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Who shall separateusfrom the love of Christ? shall tribulation,ordistress,orpersecution,orfamine,ornakedness,orperil,orsword?
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As it is written*, For thysake we are killedall the day long; we are accountedassheep for the slaughter.
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Nay,inall these things we are more than conquerorsthrough him that lovedus.
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For I am persuaded, thatneitherdeath,norlife,norangels,norprincipalities,norpowers,nor things present, nor things to come,
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Norheight,nordepth,noranyothercreature, shall be able to separateusfrom the love of God, which is inChristJesusourLord.