KJV King James Version
What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
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Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
WEB World English Bible
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
ASV American Standard Version
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?
Surrounding context — Romans 8
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
34 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.
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ΤίG5101 · tiswhich?οὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἐροῦμενG4483 · rheō, ereōto sayπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withταῦτα;G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itεἰG1487 · eiifὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodὑπὲρG5228 · huperabove/forἡμῶν,G3165 · memeτίςG5101 · tiswhich?καθ᾽G2596 · kataaccording toἡμῶν;G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Psalm 118:6The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?Jeremiah 1:19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.Psalm 56:11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.Psalm 56:4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.Psalm 27:1-3[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 84:11-12For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.Numbers 14:9Only 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.John 10:28-30And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.Isaiah 50:7-9For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.Genesis 15:1After 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.Deuteronomy 33:29Happy [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.Psalm 46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.1 Samuel 17:45-47Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.Psalm 46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
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