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A Word

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37–39BSB
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What it means

Paul piles up every threat he can name and declares that none of it can cut us off from God’s love in Christ. The victory is not that trouble stops but that love holds.

The climax of Romans 8. Paul has listed tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword. In all these things, not instead of them.

Where it addresses you

  • You are afraid something has put you beyond God’s love.

  • Loss or danger makes you feel unmoored.

Found in Spiritual Warfare, Assurance, God’s love.