Romans 8:34 (DBY)

Passage

who is he that condemns? [It is] Christ who has died, but rather has been [also] raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us.

Nearby Context

Romans 8:32 He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?

Romans 8:33 Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? [It is] God who justifies:

Romans 8:34 who is he that condemns? [It is] Christ who has died, but rather has been [also] raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us.

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

Romans 8:36 According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "condemns", "christ", "died", "rather", "been", "raised", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "condemns", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "Who shall bring an accusation against God's..." into verse 35's "Who shall separate us from the love...", so "condemn" and "condemns" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "condemn" and "condemns" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.