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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • KJV There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • NKJV There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • NASB Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • NLT So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

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Quick answer

For those in Christ Jesus there is now absolutely no condemnation. Union with Christ removes all judgment against the believer.

Overview

This triumphant declaration answers chapter 7's struggle: no condemnation remains for those in Christ. Their sins were judged at the cross, so no verdict of guilt can stand against them. This security is the foundation of the Spirit-empowered life Paul describes throughout the chapter.

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Theme

  • Judgment"There is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus."

Cross-references · 25

  • John 3:18–19Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  • Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
  • Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  • Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
  • Rom 4:7–8“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  • John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  • Rom 8:34Who 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.
  • John 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
  • Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
  • Phil 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
  • Gal 5:16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  • Rom 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  • Rom 8:4so 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.
  • Rom 8:39neither 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.
  • Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 5:25Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.
  • Rom 7:20And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  • John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
  • Rom 7:17In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  • 2 Cor 12:2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
  • Rom 16:7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
  • Rom 16:3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

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    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 8:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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