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Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 · New American 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.
  • BSB Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Cross-references & the web

Theme

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

Cross-references · 25

  • John 3:18–19He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
  • Gal 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
  • Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Cor 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
  • Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
  • Rom 4:7–8“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  • John 5:24“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
  • Rom 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
  • John 15:4Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
  • Isa 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
  • Phil 3:9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
  • Gal 5:16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  • Rom 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
  • 1 Cor 15:22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
  • Rom 8:4that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
  • Rom 8:39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 5:25If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
  • Rom 7:20But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
  • John 14:20In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
  • Rom 7:17So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
  • 2 Cor 12:2I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.
  • Rom 16:7Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.
  • Rom 16:3Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Romans videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on RomansMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    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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