Romans 8:34 (KJV)

Passage

Who 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.

Nearby Context

Romans 8:32 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?

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

Romans 8:34 Who 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.

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

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "Who shall lay any thing to the..." into verse 35's "Who shall separate us from the love...", so "intercession" and "condemn" 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 "intercession" and "condemn" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.