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Romans 8:36-38
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Romans 8:36-38
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36 As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a] 37 No, in all these things we have complete victory[b] through him[c] who loved us! 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers,[d] nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,
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- Romans 8:36 sn A quotation from Ps 44:22.
- Romans 8:37 tn BDAG 1034 s.v. ὑπερνικάω states, “as a heightened form of νικᾶν prevail completely ὑπερνικῶμεν we are winning a most glorious victory Ro 8:37.”
- Romans 8:37 tn Here the referent could be either God or Christ, but in v. 39 it is God’s love that is mentioned.
- Romans 8:38 tn BDAG 138 s.v. ἀρχή 6 takes this term as a reference to angelic or transcendent powers (as opposed to merely human rulers). To clarify this, the adjective “heavenly” has been supplied in the translation. Some interpreters see this as a reference to fallen angels or demonic powers, and this view is reflected in some recent translations (NIV, NLT).
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