Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New Living Translation What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? English Standard Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Berean Study Bible What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Berean Literal Bible What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? King James Bible What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? New King James Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New American Standard Bible What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? NASB 1995 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? NASB 1977 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Amplified Bible What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us? Christian Standard Bible What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Holman Christian Standard Bible What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? American Standard Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Contemporary English Version What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? Douay-Rheims Bible What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us? English Revised Version What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Good News Translation In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? GOD'S WORD® Translation What can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us? International Standard Version What, then, can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us? Literal Standard Version What, then, will we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? NET Bible What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? New Heart English Bible What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Weymouth New Testament What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us? World English Bible What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Young's Literal Translation What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us? Additional Translations ... Study Bible God Works In All Things…30And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. 31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He 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?… Cross References 1 Kings 8:57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us. 2 Kings 6:16 "Do not be afraid," Elisha answered, "for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." 1 Chronicles 5:22 and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile. Psalm 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side. Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Isaiah 8:10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us." Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness. Jeremiah 20:11 But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten. Jeremiah 42:11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him. Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel" (which means, "God with us"). Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms. Romans 4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered? 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Treasury of Scripture What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? What. Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? If. Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Numbers 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
(31-39) Now follows the sublime and triumphant conclusion from the foregoing--expressed with passionate energy and with the most intense consciousness of the reality of a Christian belief in penetrating and sustaining the mind in all outward trials, however severe. Erasmus remarks on this, that "Cicero never said anything grander." It is needless to add that, setting aside other considerations, Cicero was not for a moment comparable in spiritual intensity, and therefore in true eloquence, to St. Paul. Verses 31-34. - What shall we then say to these things? (πρὸ ταῦτα, meaning "with respect to," not "against "). If God be for us, who can be against us? (τίς, not τί, in opposition to ὁ Θεὸς: who - what adverse power - can there possibly be, stronger than God?). He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all (evidently not for the elect only, but for all mankind; cf. on Romans 5:18), how shall he not with him also freely give us (i.e. grant us of his free grace) all things? (πάντα, corresponding to ὑπὲρ πάντων). Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect! (Not, of course, meaning that the elect, in virtue of God's choice of them, cannot, though sinful, be charged with sin; but that no possible adversary - again τίς - can be conceived as arraigning those whom God himself accepts as justified. Observe that the word here is ἐκλεκτῶν, not κλητῶν as in ver. 28. Cf. Matthew 20:16; Matthew 22:14; Πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσι κλητοὶ, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί. Many may be called to a state of salvation, but not all of them chosen finally, as fulfilling the purpose of their calling.) It is God that justifieth. 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. A different punctuation of these two verses is preferred by some, and seems more natural and more forcible; thus: Who shall charge God's elect? God who justifieth? Who is he that condemneth? Christ who died? etc. A similar answering a question by asking another is found below in ver. 35. The further thought is thus implied that, if neither God charges, nor Christ, the Judge, condemns, who can do either? The apostle next goes on to say that, there being none to charge and condemn us at last, so also there is none that can remove us from our state of acceptance now. For who or what can possibly prove stronger than Christ's love, which has called us to it? The enumeration that follows of things that might possibly be supposed to remove us shows again that it is not our own sins, but external circumstances of trial, that are being viewed all along as powerless to hinder our salvation.Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon WhatΤί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. then οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. shall we say ἐροῦμεν (eroumen) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. in response to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. these things? ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it. If εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. God [is] Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. for ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's Greek 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. us, ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. who [can be] τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. against καθ’ (kath’) Preposition Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). us? ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Jump to Previous Appear Response SideJump to Next Appear Response SideLinks Romans 8:31 NIVRomans 8:31 NLT Romans 8:31 ESV Romans 8:31 NASB Romans 8:31 KJV Romans 8:31 BibleApps.com Romans 8:31 Biblia Paralela Romans 8:31 Chinese Bible Romans 8:31 French Bible Romans 8:31 Clyx Quotations NT Letters: Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these (Rom. Ro) |
   
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