Romans 8:31 (GNV)

Passage

What shall we then say to these thinges? If God be on our side, who can be against vs?

Nearby Context

Romans 8:29 For those which hee knewe before, he also predestinate to bee made like to the image of his Sonne, that hee might be the first borne among many brethren.

Romans 8:30 Moreouer whom he predestinate, them also he called, and whom he called, them also he iustified, and whom he iustified, them he also glorified.

Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these thinges? If God be on our side, who can be against vs?

Romans 8:32 Who spared not his owne Sonne, but gaue him for vs all to death, how shall he not with him giue vs all things also?

Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen? it is God that iustifieth,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "thinges", "side", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "thinges", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Moreouer whom he predestinate them also he..." into verse 32's "Who spared not his owne Sonne but...", so "shall" and "thinges" 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 "shall" and "thinges" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.