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Romans 8:31

罗马书 8:31

The Passage

If God is for us, who can be against us?

In the other language

神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？

Theme

God with us

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Paul's question makes room for confidence without pretending that opposition is unreal. If God is for us, the resistance we face is not the whole story. This verse does not promise that your manager will understand, your workload will shrink, or every conflict will resolve. It speaks instead of God's allegiance, a deeper ground than other people's approval. Under pressure, you may feel that one criticism places your entire worth on trial. You can take feedback seriously without granting it that much authority. As you sit with these words, what criticism or conflict have you allowed to become the final verdict on who you are?

Carry thisOther people's approval is not the deepest ground.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Paul’s question is about God’s faithfulness, not a method for improving a relationship. Yet it offers something important when you want to love better: a place to stand that is not built on winning another person’s approval. “God is for us” does not mean you are right in every disagreement, or that the other person is your enemy. You can receive these words while letting your own defensiveness come into view. Love has more room when every correction does not have to become a threat to your worth. This verse does not teach relationship skills. In what way might resting in God's faithfulness help you listen without needing to defend yourself?

Carry thisYour worth does not depend on winning the disagreement.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

The assurance of God being for us invites you to consider releasing the power that fear of opposition holds over the coming weeks. “If God is for us” is the ground of his confidence, not a claim that nobody will resist or misunderstand you. You may still have difficult conversations and responsibilities that need your attention. Yet another person's disapproval need not become the final measure of your worth. This passage invites you to notice where fear of being opposed has begun to govern your choices. Whose approval have you been carrying as though you could not live without it?

Carry thisAnother person's disapproval is not the final measure of your worth.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

When your day feels crowded, even a small demand can seem like an adversary. This verse does not directly explain how to find stillness, but it invites you to consider what God's being for you means. Paul's question does not make every difficulty disappear. You may still have deadlines, interruptions, and worries. Yet you need not face them as someone abandoned. Pause without trying to solve the whole day. Let your shoulders soften if you can. Give the words time to become more than an argument in your mind. Paul's question asks who can be against you if God is for you; what fear might loosen its grip as you sit with that?

Carry thisYour worth is not measured by how much you accomplish.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Romans 8 — in context

25But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

27He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

29For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

32He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

33Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

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.

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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Romans 8:29-34 · Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 15:06

Daily Lectio Divina podcast · Abiding Way Ministries (Sharon Garlough Brown) · abidingway.life · Featured with permission

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