Study Desk

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

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.

nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

"And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,' there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.'"

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.