Romans 8:33 (WEB)

Passage

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

Nearby Context

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

Romans 8:32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

Romans 8:33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

Romans 8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bring", "charge", "against", "chosen", "ones", and "justifies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bring" and "charge", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "He who didn t spare his own..." into verse 34's "Who is he who condemns It is...", so "bring" and "charge" 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 "bring" and "charge" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.