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Romans 8

Life in the Spirit

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Rm 8:1Nihil ergō nunc damnātiōnis est iīs quī sunt in Chrīstō Jēsū: quī nōn secundum carnem ambulant.There is therefore now nothing of condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus: who do not walk according to the flesh. Rm 8:2Lēx enim spīritūs vītae in Chrīstō Jēsū līberāvit mē ā lēge peccātī et mortis.For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death. Rm 8:3Nam quod impossibile erat lēgī, in quō īnfirmābātur per carnem: Deus Fīlium suum mittēns in similitūdinem carnis peccātī et dē peccātō, damnāvit peccātum in carne, ut jūstificātiō lēgis implērētur in nōbīs, quī nōn secundum carnem ambulāmus, sed secundum spīritum.For what was impossible for the law, in that it was weakened through the flesh: God, sending his own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and on account of sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the justification of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. Rm 8:5Quī enim secundum carnem sunt, quae carnis sunt, sapiunt: quī vērō secundum spīritum sunt, quae sunt spīritūs, sentiunt.For those who are according to the flesh, savour the things which are of the flesh: but those who are according to the spirit, sense the things which are of the spirit.

Rm 8:6Nam prūdentia carnis, mors est: prūdentia autem spīritūs, vīta et pāx: quoniam sapientia carnis inimīca est Deō: lēgī enim Deī nōn est subjecta, nec enim potest.For the prudence of the flesh is death: but the prudence of the spirit, life and peace: since the wisdom of the flesh is hostile to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be. Rm 8:8Quī autem in carne sunt, Deō placēre nōn possunt.And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Rm 8:9Vōs autem in carne nōn estis, sed in spīritū: sī tamen Spīritus Deī habitat in vōbīs.But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit: if however the Spirit of God dwells in you. Rm 8:9Sī quis autem Spīritum Chrīstī nōn habet, hic nōn est ejus.But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not his. Rm 8:10Sī autem Chrīstus in vōbīs est, corpus quidem mortuum est propter peccātum, spīritus vērō vīvit propter jūstificātiōnem.But if Christ is in you, the body indeed is dead on account of sin, but the spirit lives on account of justification.

Rm 8:11Quod sī Spīritus ejus, quī suscitāvit Jēsum ā mortuīs, habitat in vōbīs: quī suscitāvit Jēsum Chrīstum ā mortuīs, vīvificābit et mortālia corpora vestra, propter inhabitantem Spīritum ejus in vōbīs.But if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you: he who raised Jesus Christ from the dead will give life also to your mortal bodies, on account of his Spirit dwelling in you. Rm 8:12Ergō frātrēs, dēbitōrēs sumus nōn carnī, ut secundum carnem vīvāmus.Therefore, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh, that we should live according to the flesh. Rm 8:13Sī enim secundum carnem vīxeritis, moriēminī: sī autem spīritū facta carnis mortificāveritis, vīvētis.For if you live according to the flesh, you will die: but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live. Rm 8:14Quīcumque enim Spīritū Deī aguntur, iī sunt fīliī Deī.For whoever are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Rm 8:15Nōn enim accēpistis spīritum servitūtis iterum in timōre, sed accēpistis spīritum adoptiōnis fīliōrum, in quō clāmāmus: Abba (Pater).For you have not received a spirit of slavery again in fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption of sons, in which we cry out: "Abba" (Father).

Rm 8:16Ipse enim Spīritus testimōnium reddit spīrituī nostrō quod sumus fīliī Deī.For the Spirit himself renders testimony to our spirit that we are sons of God. Rm 8:17Sī autem fīliī, et haerēdēs: haerēdēs, quidem Deī, cohaerēdēs autem Chrīstī: sī tamen compatimur ut et conglōrificēmur.And if sons, heirs too: heirs indeed of God, and co-heirs of Christ: if however we suffer together so that we may also be glorified together. Rm 8:18Exīstimō enim quod nōn sunt condignae passiōnēs hujus temporis ad futūram glōriam, quae revēlābitur in nōbīs.For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy in comparison with the glory to come, which will be revealed in us. Rm 8:19Nam exspectātiō creātūrae revēlātiōnem fīliōrum Deī exspectat.For the expectation of the creature awaits the revelation of the sons of God. Rm 8:20Vānitātī enim creātūra subjecta est nōn volēns, sed propter eum, quī subjēcit eam in spē: quia et ipsa creātūra līberābitur ā servitūte corruptiōnis in lībertātem glōriae fīliōrum Deī.For the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly, but on account of him who subjected it in hope: because the creature itself too will be freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the sons of God.

Rm 8:22Scīmus enim quod omnis creātūra ingemīscit, et parturit ūsque adhūc.For we know that every creature groans, and is in labour up till now. Rm 8:23Nōn sōlum autem illa, sed et nōs ipsī prīmitiās spīritūs habentēs: et ipsī intrā nōs gemimus adoptiōnem fīliōrum Deī exspectantēs, redēmptiōnem corporis nostrī.And not only it, but we ourselves too, having the firstfruits of the spirit: we ourselves too groan within ourselves, awaiting the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body. Rm 8:24Spē enim salvī factī sumus.For by hope we have been made safe. Rm 8:24Spēs autem, quae vidētur, nōn est spēs: nam quod videt quis, quid spērat?But hope which is seen is not hope: for what anyone sees, why does he hope for it? Rm 8:25Sī autem quod nōn vidēmus, spērāmus: per patientiam exspectāmus.But if we hope for what we do not see: we wait for it through patience. Rm 8:26Similiter autem et Spīritus adjuvat īnfirmitātem nostram: nam quid ōrēmus, sīcut oportet, nescīmus: sed ipse Spīritus postulat prō nōbīs gemitibus inēnarrābilibus.And likewise the Spirit too helps our weakness: for what we should pray for, as we ought, we do not know: but the Spirit himself pleads for us with groanings that cannot be told.

Rm 8:27Quī autem scrūtātur corda, scit quid dēsīderet Spīritus: quia secundum Deum postulat prō sānctīs.And he who searches hearts, knows what the Spirit desires: because according to God he pleads for the saints. Rm 8:28Scīmus autem quoniam dīligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iīs quī secundum prōpositum vocātī sunt sānctī.And we know that for those loving God all things work together for good, for those who according to purpose are called saints. Rm 8:29Nam quōs praescīvit, et praedēstināvit cōnfōrmēs fierī imāginis Fīliī suī, ut sit ipse prīmogenitus in multīs frātribus.For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his Son, so that he himself may be the firstborn among many brothers. Rm 8:30Quōs autem praedēstināvit, hōs et vocāvit: et quōs vocāvit, hōs et jūstificāvit: quōs autem jūstificāvit, illōs et glōrificāvit.And those whom he predestined, these he also called: and those whom he called, these he also justified: and those whom he justified, those he also glorified. Rm 8:31Quid ergō dīcēmus ad haec?What then shall we say to these things? Rm 8:31Sī Deus prō nōbīs, quis contrā nōs?If God is for us, who is against us?

Rm 8:32Quī etiam propriō Fīliō suō nōn pepercit, sed prō nōbīs omnibus trādidit illum: quōmodo nōn etiam cum illō omnia nōbīs dōnāvit?He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for us all: how has he not also given us all things with him? Rm 8:33Quis accūsābit adversus ēlēctōs Deī?Who will bring accusation against the chosen of God? Rm 8:33Deus quī jūstificat, quis est quī condemnet?It is God who justifies, who is there to condemn? Rm 8:34Chrīstus Jēsūs, quī mortuus est, immō quī et resurrēxit, quī est ad dexteram Deī, quī etiam interpellat prō nōbīs.Christ Jesus, who died, rather who also rose again, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Rm 8:35Quis ergō nōs sēparābit ā cāritāte Chrīstī?Who then will separate us from the love of Christ? Rm 8:35Trībulātiō?Tribulation? Rm 8:35An angustia?Or distress? Rm 8:35An famēs?Or hunger? Rm 8:35An nūditās?Or nakedness? Rm 8:35An perīculum?Or danger? Rm 8:35An persecūtiō?Or persecution? Rm 8:35An gladius?Or the sword? Rm 8:36(Sīcut scrīptum est: [Quia propter tē mortificāmur tōta diē: aestimātī sumus sīcut ovēs occīsiōnis.)] Sed in hīs omnibus superāmus propter eum quī dīlēxit nōs.(Just as it has been written: "Because on account of you we are put to death all the day: we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.") But in all these things we overcome on account of him who loved us.

Rm 8:38Certus sum enim quia neque mors, neque vīta, neque angelī, neque prīncipātus, neque virtūtēs, neque īnstantia, neque futūra, neque fortitūdō, neque altitūdō, neque profundum, neque creātūra alia poterit nōs sēparāre ā cāritāte Deī, quae est in Chrīstō Jēsū Dominō nostrō.For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor strength, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (200 words)
nihil, n., indecl.nothing
ergō (adv.)therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
nunc, adv.now
damnātiō, -ōnis f.condemnation
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
nōn, adv.not
secundum (prep. + acc.)after, besides; along
carō, carnis, f.flesh
ambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumwalk
lēx, lēgis f.law
enim, conj.for
spīritus, -ūs m.breath; (pl.) pride, arrogance
vīta, -ae, f.life
līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusset free, free, liberate, release
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
peccātum, -ī n.fault, sin
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
mors, mortīs, f.death
nam, conj.for
impossibilis, -eimpossible
īnfirmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusweaken; (passive) be sick
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
deus, -ī, m.god
fīlius, -ī, m.son
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missussend
similitūdō, -inis f.likeness, resemblance
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
damnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumcondemn
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
iūstificātiō, -ōnis f.justification; (pl., Vulg.) ordinances, righteous deeds
impleō, -ēre, -plēvī, -plētumfill; fulfil, complete
nōsplur. of ego
sed, conj.but
sapiō, -ere, -īvībe wise, have sense
vērō, adv.in truth, indeed; however
sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsusperceive, feel
prūdentia, -ae, f.prudence
autem, conj.moreover; but, however; now
pāx, pācis f.peace
quoniam, conj.since now, since
sapientia, -ae f.wisdom, good sense
inimīcus, -a, -umunfriendly, hostile
subiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow or place under
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
placeō, -ēre, placuī, placitum (+ dat.)please (placuit eī: he decided)
vōsplur. of tū
sī, conj.if
tamen, adv.however, yet, nevertheless
habitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusdwell, inhabit
quis, qua, quid, indef. pron.any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
corpus, corporis, n.body
quidem, adv.in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even
mortuus, -a, -umdead
propter, prep. with acc.on account of, because of
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctuslive
quod, conj.that, in that, because
suscitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusraise up, rouse; raise (the dead)
vīvificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusgive life to, make alive
mortālis, -emortal
vester, -tra, -trumyour
inhabitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslive in, inhabit
frāter, frātris, m.brother
dēbitor, -ōris m.debtor
morior, morī, mortuusdie
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
mortificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusput to death, mortify
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumquewhoever, whatever
agō, agere, ēgī, āctusdrive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
servitūs, -tūtis, f.slavery, servitude
iterum, adv.again, a second time
timor, -ōris, m.fear
adoptiō, -ōnis f.adoption
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusshout, cry out; proclaim
abba (indecl.) m.father (Aramaic, the word a child uses)
pater, patris, m.father
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
testimōnium, -ī n.evidence, proof
reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditusgive back, return, restore; render
noster, -tra, -trumour
hērēs (haerēs), -ēdis m.heir
cohērēs, -ēdis m./f.co-heir, joint heir
compatior, -patī, -passus sumsuffer with, share suffering
conglōrificō, -āreglorify together; (pass.) be glorified with
exīstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusconsider, believe, think
condignus, -a, -umfully deserving, worthy; comparable
passiō, -ōnis f.suffering, (Christ's) Passion; passion, emotion, (shameful) desire
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
glōria, -ae, f.glory
revēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusuncover, reveal
exspectātiō, -ōnis f.waiting, expectation
creātūra, -ae f.creation, created thing
revēlātiō, -ōnis f.uncovering, revelation
exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātuslook out for, wait for, await, expect; wait
vānitās, -ātis f.emptiness; boastfulness, idle talk
volō, velle, voluīwish
spēs, speī, f.hope
quia (conj.)because
corruptiō, -ōnis f.decay, corruption; perishing
lībertās, -tātis, f.freedom, liberty
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusknow
omnis, -eall, every
ingemīscō, -ere, -gemuīgroan, sigh deeply
parturiō, -īre, -īvībe in labour, be about to give birth
ūsque, adv.all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
adhūc, adv.to this point, up to this time, yet, still
sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n.only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
prīmitiae, -ārum f. pl.first fruits; first spoils, first trial
intrā, prep. with acc.within
gemō, -ere, -uī, -itusgroan; lament
redēmptiō, -ōnis f.ransom, buying back
salvus, -a, -umsafe, unharmed
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
spērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātushope
patientia, -ae f.endurance, hardiness
similiter (adv.)likewise, in the same way
adiuvō, -āre, adiūvī, adiūtumhelp, assist
īnfirmitās, -ātis f.weakness; fickleness
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
sīcut (conj.)just as
oportet, -ēre, oportuit (impersonal)it is right, it is necessary
nesciō, -scīre, -scīvīnot know, be ignorant; nesciō quis, I know not who, some one or other (nesciō is thus used with other interrogative words also)
postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusask, request, demand
prō, prep. with abl.before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
gemitus, -ūs m.groan, sigh
inēnarrābilis, -eindescribable, inexpressible
scrūtor, -ārī, -ātus sumsearch, examine closely
cor, cordis n.heart
dēsīderō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslong for, miss; require
sānctus, -a, -umconsecrated, sacred
dīligō, -ere, -lēxī, -lēctuslove, value highly
cooperor, -ārī, -ātus sumwork together, help
bonum, -ī n.a good thing, advantage; (pl.) goods
prōpositum, -ī n.plan, purpose; the point being made, theme
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall, summon
praesciō, -īre, -īvīknow beforehand, foreknow
praedēstinō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuspredestine, determine beforehand
cōnfōrmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusshape, mould, train
fīō, fierī, factus sumbe done or made, become, happen
imāgō, -inis f.likeness, image, portrait
prīmogenitus, -a, -umfirst-born; n. pl. as noun: firstlings (of a flock)
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
iūstificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusjustify, make or declare righteous
glōrificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusglorify, give glory to
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
etiam, adv.and now, also, too, even
proprius, -a, -umone's own, private; characteristic (of)
parcō, -ere, pepercī, parsūrusspare, show mercy to (+ dat.)
trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditusgive across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report
quōmodo (adv.)how; in what way
cum, prep, with abl.with
dōnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumgive; present (someone with something)
accūsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumblame, accuse
adversus, -a, -umfacing; unfavourable, unsuccessful
ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctumpick out, choose
condemnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscondemn; (+ gen.) convict of
immō (adv.)no rather, on the contrary; immō vērō: no, indeed, even
resurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctumrise again, rise from the dead
dextra, -ae, f.right hand (manus understood)
interpellō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuminterrupt, hinder
sēparō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusseparate, divide
cāritās, -ātis f.dearness; love, affection
trībulātiō, -ōnis f.trouble, distress, affliction
an, conj.or (in questions)
angustia, -ae f.narrowness; (pl.) a narrow place, straits
famēs, -is, abl. famē, f.hunger
nūditās, -ātis f.nakedness
perīculum, -ī, n.danger, peril, risk
persecūtiō, -ōnis f.pursuit; persecution
gladius, -ī, m.sword
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptuswrite
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
tōtus, -a, -umall the, the whole or entire
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.day
aestimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumvalue, reckon
ovis, -is, f.sheep
occīsiō, -ōnis f.slaughter, killing
superō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusovercome, defeat, conquer
certus, -a, -umdetermined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform
angelus, -ī m.messenger; angel
prīncipātus, -ūs m.leadership, first place
virtūs, -tūtis, f.manliness, courage, bravery
īnstō, -āre, -stitīpress on; be at hand
fortitūdō, -inis f.bravery
altitūdō, -inis f.height; depth
profundus, -a, -umdeep
alius, -a, -udanother, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
Vulgate, Epistula ad Romanos. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.