for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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,')
Romans 8:37 but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;
Romans 8:38 for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
Romans 8:39 nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The verse centers on "created", "persuaded", "neither", "death", "life", "messengers", "principalities", and "powers". 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 "but in all these we more than...", 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.