For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”Psalm 44:22
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The verse centers on "created", "persuaded", "neither", "death", "life", "angels", "principalities", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "created" and "persuaded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The prior verse says "No in all these things we are...", giving immediate footing for "created" and "persuaded". 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 "created" and "persuaded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.