Romans
Romans 8:35–36
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
“For Your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”g
Footnotes
- g 8:36 Psalm 44:22|PSA 44:22
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Romans 8:35
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | Τίς | Tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| shall separate | χωρίσει | chōrisei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5563 I separate, depart |
| us | ἡμᾶς | hēmas | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| from | ἀπὸ | apo | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| the | τῆς | tēs | Article - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| love | ἀγάπης | agapēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G26 love |
| of Christ | Χριστοῦ | Christou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ |
| trouble | θλῖψις | thlipsis | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2347 persecution, affliction, distress |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| distress | στενοχωρία | stenochōria | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G4730 a narrow space, great distress |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| persecution | διωγμὸς | diōgmos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1375 persecution |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| famine | λιμὸς | limos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3042 a famine, hunger |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| nakedness | γυμνότης | gymnotēs | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1132 nakedness |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| danger | κίνδυνος | kindynos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2794 danger, peril, risk |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| sword | μάχαιρα | machaira | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3162 a sword |
Romans 8:36
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | καθὼς | kathōs | Adverb | G2531 just as, as |
| it is written | γέγραπται | gegraptai | Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| For Your sake | Ἕνεκεν | Heneken | Preposition | G1752 for the sake of, on account of, wherefore |
| we face death | θανατούμεθα | thanatoumetha | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural | G2289 I put to death, subdue |
| all | ὅλην | holēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3650 all, the whole, entire |
| day long | ἡμέραν | hēmeran | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2250 a day |
| we are considered | ἐλογίσθημεν | elogisthēmen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural | G3049 I reckon, count, decide |
| as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| sheep | πρόβατα | probata | Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G4263 a sheep |
| to be slaughtered | σφαγῆς | sphagēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4967 slaughter, sacrifice |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 8:35 John 10:28 · Psalm 103:17 · John 16:33 · Romans 5:3–5 · 2 Corinthians 4:17 · 1 Peter 4:12–14 · Romans 8:39 · 2 Timothy 4:16–18 · Matthew 10:28–31 · 2 Timothy 1:12 · 1 Corinthians 4:11 · Romans 8:17
Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22 · Isaiah 53:7 · 1 Corinthians 15:30 · 2 Corinthians 4:10–11 · 1 Corinthians 4:9 · Acts 8:32 · Acts 20:24 · Jeremiah 11:19 · John 16:2 · Jeremiah 12:3 · Jeremiah 51:40
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.