28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those whom he has called to be part of his plan. 29 For God, choosing them in advance, set them apart to be like his Son, so that the Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters. 30 Those that he chose, he also called; and those that he called, he also made right; and those that he made right, he also glorified.
31 So what’s our response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won’t he also freely give us everything? 33 Who can accuse God’s special people of anything? It’s God who sets us right, 34 so who can condemn us? It’s Christ Jesus who died—more importantly, who was raised from the dead—who stands at God’s right-hand, presenting our case.
35 Who can separate us from Christ’s love? Can oppression, distress, or persecution? Or hunger, poverty, danger, or violence? 36 Just as Scripture says, "For your sake we’re in danger of being killed all the time. We’re treated like sheep to be slaughtered."8:36. Quoting Psalms 44:22. 37 No—in all that happens to us we’re more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 I’m absolutely convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor devils, neither the present nor the future, nor powers, 39 neither height nor depth, in fact nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.