ROM 8:33 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Who will bring charges against those chosen by God? God is the one declaring us guiltless.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Who will bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one justifying.

UST Surely no one can rightly accuse those whom God chose to become his people! This is because God is the one who makes people righteous.

BLB Who will bring an accusation against the elect of God? God is the One justifying.

AICNT Who will bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

OEB Who will bring a charge against any of God’s people? He who pronounces them righteous is God!

WEBBE Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(31-39)So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.

NET Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

LSV Who will lay a charge against the chosen ones of God? God [is] He that is declaring righteous;

FBV Who can accuse God's special people of anything? It's God who sets us right,

TCNT Who will bring an accusation against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

T4T It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So ◄no one who accuses us before God will win against us (OR, it does not matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us before God will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?► [RHQ]

LEB Who will bring charges against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies.

BBE Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;

Moff Who is to accuse the elect of God? When God acquits,

Wymth Who shall impeach those whom God has chosen? God declares them free from guilt.

ASV Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;

DRA Who shall accuse against the elect of God? God that justifieth.

YLT Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God [is] He that is declaring righteous,

Drby Who shall bring an accusation against [fn]God's elect? [It is] [fn]God who justifies:

8.33 Elohim

RV Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;

SLT Who shall demand payment for the chosen of God? God justifying.

Wbstr Who will lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth:

KJB-1769 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
(Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. )

KJB-1611 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect? It is God that iustifieth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that iustifieth:
(Who shall lay anything to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that justifieth:)

Gnva Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen? it is God that iustifieth,
(Who shall lay anything to the charge of Gods chosen? it is God that justifieth, )

Cvdl Who wyl laye enythinge to ye charge of Gods chosen? Here is God that maketh righteous,
(Who will lay anything to ye/you_all charge of Gods chosen? Here is God that maketh/makes righteous,)

TNT Who shall laye eny thinge to the charge of goddes chosen? it is god that iustifieth:
(Who shall lay anything to the charge of gods chosen? it is god that justifieth: )

Wycl Who schal accuse ayens the chosun men of God? It is God that iustifieth,
(Who shall accuse against the chosen men of God? It is God that justifieth,)

Luth Wer will die Auserwählten Gottes beschuldigen? GOtt ist hier, der da gerecht macht.
(Who will the chosen_(ones) God’s beschuldigen? God is here, the/of_the there just/fair power.)

ClVg Quis accusabit adversus electos Dei? Deus qui justificat,
(Who accusabit against chosen_ones of_God? God who/which justificat, )

UGNT τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ? Θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν.
(tis egkalesei kata eklektōn Theou? Theos ho dikaiōn.)

SBL-GNT τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ; θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν·
(tis egkalesei kata eklektōn theou; theos ho dikaiōn;)

RP-GNT Τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ; Θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν·
(Tis egkalesei kata eklektōn theou; Theos ho dikaiōn;)

TC-GNT Τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ; Θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν·
(Tis egkalesei kata eklektōn Theou; Theos ho dikaiōn; )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:31–39: Nothing can separate us from God’s love

In this section, Paul asked a number of rhetorical questions. In asking them he expected the believers in Rome to agree with him in these ways: God is for us and no one has greater power than him when they stand against us. God has made us right with him, so no one can accuse us of wrongdoing that God has not already forgiven. Jesus died for our sins and rose again, so no one can say we are worthy of God punishing us. Nothing of this earth or of the demons and spirits can separate us from God’s love. With God’s power we can overcome all those things.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

God’s love for us because of Jesus Christ

The love of God will not abandon/leave us

8:33a

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect?

Who will accuse God’s chosen people of breaking his laws?
At the final judgment, will someone blame us,^(incl) the people whom God chose, of doing wrong? No.

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect?: This is a rhetorical question. It emphasizes that no one will be able to accuse God’s elect of wrongdoing. The Greek is in the future tense. It implies that at no time will anyone be able to stand before God as judge and accuse believers of wrongdoing.See Lenski (page 567), Kruse (page 361), or Stott (page 255). Translate this clause with that meaning. Here are some ways:

As a rhetorical question. For example:
Who will accuse those whom God has chosen? (GW)
Who can accuse the people God has chosen? (NCV)
As a statement. For example:
No one will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen.
No one can bring any charge against the people God has chosen!

bring any charge against: This phrase refers to accusing someone of wrongdoing before a judge. See the examples above.

God’s elect: The word elect refers to people whom someone has chosen. God chose people to be his children. They are the believers. See the examples above.

8:33b

It is God who justifies.

God is the justifier of them!
For God himself says that we are right/innocent in his sight.
For God declares us not guilty.

It is God who justifies: The Greek is literally “God (is) the one justifying.” As a response to the rhetorical question of 8:33a, it indicates that God has forgiven believers and declared them right with him and not guilty regarding all their sins. Translate with that meaning. For example:

God is the one who justifies (NASB)

No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself (NLT)

Because God is the one who counts us as righteous.Kankanaey Back Translation on TW.

justifies: Here this word indicates that God decides that a person is not guilty of any wrongdoing and is in a right relationship with him. Here are other ways to translate this word:

declares righteous/innocent

gives the verdict of not guilty to us

See how you translated this word in 2:13 or 8:30.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατὰ ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ?

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατά ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ Θεός ὁ δικαιῶν)

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form here to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [Surely no one can bring an accusation against God’s elect!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τίς ἐγκαλέσει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατά ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ Θεός ὁ δικαιῶν)

Here, accusation implies an accusation that is based on facts. If it might be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [a true accusation]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ

˓the˒_chosen_‹ones› ˱of˲_God

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of elect, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [those who have been chosen by God] or [those whom God has elected]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

Θεὸς ὁ δικαιῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τίς ἐγκαλέσει κατά ἐκλεκτῶν Θεοῦ Θεός ὁ δικαιῶν)

This sentences states the reason why the idea in the previous sentence is true. Use a natural way in your language for indicating a reason. Alternate translation: [No on can accuse them, because God is the one who justifies]

Parallel ROM 8:33

Section 8:31–39: Nothing can separate us from God’s love

8:33a

8:33b