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Romans 8:31–33

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What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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?
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
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From verse 31

  1. Psalms 118:6Rank 1 from verse 31
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    6The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

  2. Jeremiah 1:19Rank 2 from verse 31
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    19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

  3. Psalms 56:11Rank 3 from verse 31
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    11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

  4. 1 John 4:4Rank 4 from verse 31
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    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.

  5. Isaiah 54:17Rank 5 from verse 31
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    17¶ No 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.

  6. Jeremiah 20:11Rank 6 from verse 31
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    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.

  7. Psalms 56:4Rank 7 from verse 31
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    4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

  8. Psalms 27:1–3Rank 8 from verse 31
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    1THE 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?

    2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

    3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

  9. Psalms 84:11–12Rank 9 from verse 31
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    11For 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.

    12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  10. Numbers 14:9Rank 10 from verse 31
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    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.

  11. John 10:28–30Rank 11 from verse 31
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    28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

    29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

    30I and my Father are one.

  12. Isaiah 50:7–9Rank 12 from verse 31
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    7¶ For 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.

    8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

    9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  13. Deuteronomy 33:29Rank 13 from verse 31
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    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.

  14. Genesis 15:1Rank 14 from verse 31
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    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.

  15. Psalms 46:7Rank 15 from verse 31
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    7The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  16. 1 Samuel 17:45–47Rank 16 from verse 31
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    45Then 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.

    46This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

    47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.

  17. Joshua 10:42Rank 17 from verse 31
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    42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

  18. Psalms 46:1–3Rank 18 from verse 31
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    1GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

    2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

    3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

  19. Psalms 46:11Rank 19 from verse 31
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    11The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  20. 1 Samuel 14:6Rank 20 from verse 31
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    6And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.

  21. Romans 4:1Rank 21 from verse 31
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    1WHAT shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

From verse 32

  1. John 3:16Rank 1 from verse 32
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    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  2. Romans 8:28Rank 2 from verse 32
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    28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  3. Psalms 84:11Rank 3 from verse 32
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    11For 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.

  4. 1 John 4:10Rank 4 from verse 32
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    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  5. 2 Corinthians 5:21Rank 5 from verse 32
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    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  6. 1 Corinthians 2:12Rank 6 from verse 32
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    12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

  7. Romans 5:6–10Rank 7 from verse 32
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    6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

    7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

    8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

    9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

    10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

  8. 1 Corinthians 3:21–23Rank 8 from verse 32
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    21Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

    22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

    23And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

  9. Romans 4:25Rank 9 from verse 32
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    25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  10. Romans 6:23Rank 10 from verse 32
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  11. 2 Peter 2:4–5Rank 11 from verse 32
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    4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  12. Isaiah 53:10Rank 12 from verse 32
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  13. Matthew 3:17Rank 13 from verse 32
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    17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  14. Revelation 21:7Rank 14 from verse 32
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    7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

  15. Genesis 22:12Rank 15 from verse 32
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    12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  16. Romans 11:21Rank 16 from verse 32
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    21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

  17. 2 Corinthians 4:15Rank 17 from verse 32
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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

From verse 33

  1. Isaiah 50:8–9Rank 1 from verse 33
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    8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

    9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  2. Revelation 12:10–11Rank 2 from verse 33
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    10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

    11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

  3. Isaiah 54:17Rank 3 from verse 33
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    17¶ No 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.

  4. Romans 8:1Rank 4 from verse 33
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    1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  5. Luke 18:7Rank 5 from verse 33
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    7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  6. 1 Thessalonians 1:4Rank 6 from verse 33
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    4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

  7. Zechariah 3:1–4Rank 7 from verse 33
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    1AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

    2And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

    3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

    4And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

  8. Romans 3:26Rank 8 from verse 33
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    26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

  9. 1 Peter 1:2Rank 9 from verse 33
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    2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

  10. Isaiah 42:1Rank 10 from verse 33
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    1BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

  11. Job 42:7–9Rank 11 from verse 33
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    7¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

    8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

    9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.

  12. Matthew 24:24Rank 12 from verse 33
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    24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

  13. Job 1:9–11Rank 13 from verse 33
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    9Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

    10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

    11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  14. Galatians 3:8Rank 14 from verse 33
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    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

  15. Job 2:4–6Rank 15 from verse 33
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    4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

    5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

    6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

  16. Job 22:6–30Rank 16 from verse 33
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    6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

    8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

    9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

    11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

    12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

    13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

    14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

    15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

    16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

    17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    19The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

    20Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

    22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

    23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

    24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

    25Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

    26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

    27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

    28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

    29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

    30He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

  17. Job 34:8–9Rank 17 from verse 33
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    8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  18. Psalms 35:11Rank 18 from verse 33
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    11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

  19. Titus 1:1Rank 19 from verse 33
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    1PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

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Romans 8:31

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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Romans 8:32

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spared

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Past-tense or past-participial form of spare (to preserve from harm or punishment, refrain from using, or hold back).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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freely

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Sense 1: Without restraint, hindrance, or reserve; openly. Sense 2: Willingly, voluntarily, liberally, or abundantly. Sense 3: Without payment or purchase; as a gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 8:33

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lay

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Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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charge

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Sense 1: To command, enjoin, or solemnly require; a command or injunction. Sense 2: A duty, trust, care, oversight, or a person or thing entrusted. Sense 3: To impute or accuse; an accusation or liability imputed. Sense 4: To impose a burden, payment, or obligation; a cost or expense. Sense 5: To entrust with or make responsible for a person, duty, or burden.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

elect

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Sense 1: Chosen or selected. Sense 2: As a noun, one or more who are chosen.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

8:13For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

8:16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

8:18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

8:22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

8:23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

8:25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

8:26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

8:27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

8:29For 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.

8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

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8:32He 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?

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8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

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8:34Who 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.

8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

8:38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

8:39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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