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34 Who will condemn? Christ Jesus, who died, or rather rose again, who is at God’s right hand and intercedes for us?[a] 35 Who then can separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? 36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being slain all day long;
    we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered.”

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  1. Romans 8:34 The reasons why no one can condemn us who are God’s elect are three: (1) Christ died for us; (2) Christ is alive and seated at God’s right hand, a position of awesome power; and (3) Christ himself makes intercession for us.

34 Who then is the one who condemns?(A) No one. Christ Jesus who died(B)—more than that, who was raised to life(C)—is at the right hand of God(D) and is also interceding for us.(E) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(F) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(G) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](H)

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  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22