11 translations · Greek
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?
Romans 8:35 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- KJV King James Version
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Who will separate us from the love of the Christ? Tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can oppression, distress, or persecution? Or hunger, poverty, danger, or violence?
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword?
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τίς | Tis | Who | G5101 τίς which? |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| χωρίσει | chōrisei | shall separate | G5563 χωρίζω to separate/leave |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπης | agapēs | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | of Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| θλῖψις | thlipsis | {Shall} trouble | G2347 θλῖψις pressure |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| στενοχωρία | stenochōria | distress | G4730 στενοχωρία hardship |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| διωγμὸς | diōgmos | persecution | G1375 διωγμός persecution |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| λιμὸς | limos | famine | G3042 λιμός hunger |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| γυμνότης | gymnotēs | nakedness | G1132 γυμνότης nakedness |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| κίνδυνος | kindynos | danger | G2794 κίνδυνος danger |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| μάχαιρα | machaira | sword | G3162 μάχαιρα sword |
Related verses
- John 10:28
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- Psalm 103:17
But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- John 16:33
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
- Romans 5:3–5
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
- 1 Peter 4:12–14
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 4:16–18
At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Matthew 10:28–31
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will, but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. …
- 2 Timothy 1:12
For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
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.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Read all of Romans 8 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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