Romans 8:36 (GNV)

Passage

As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

Nearby Context

Romans 8:34 Who shall condemne? it is Christ which is dead, yea, or rather, which is risen againe, who is also at the right hand of God, and maketh request also for vs.

Romans 8:35 Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sworde?

Romans 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

Romans 8:37 Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we are more then coquerours through him that loued vs.

Romans 8:38 For I am perswaded that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "written", "sake", "killed", "long", "counted", "sheepe", and "slaughter". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "written", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "Who shall separate vs from the loue..." into verse 37's "Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we are...", so "sheep" and "written" 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 "sheep" and "written" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.