Romans 8:34 (YLT)

Passage

who <FI>is<Fi> he that is condemning? Christ <FI>is<Fi> He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God--who also doth intercede for us.

Nearby Context

Romans 8:32 He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

Romans 8:33 Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God <FI>is<Fi> He that is declaring righteous,

Romans 8:34 who <FI>is<Fi> he that is condemning? Christ <FI>is<Fi> He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God--who also doth intercede for us.

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

Romans 8:36 (according as it hath been written--`For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

Study Lenses

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

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