Life Inside di Spirit
Di answer to di tired cry for chapter seven. No condemnation, and di Spirit dey turn slaves into pikin wey dey call our Papa Abba. Paul no dey pretend say di suffering don finish — creation dey groan, we dey groan, prayer dey fail us — but e insist say nothing inside am fit separate us from love.
8 1So now, no condemnation dey again for those wey dey inside Christ Jesus. 2Inside Christ Jesus, di Spirit im law of life don free you comot from di law of sin and death. 3Wetin di law no fit do, because di flesh weaken am, na our Papa do am: E send im own Pikin come for di same shape as sinful flesh, as offering for sin, and E condemn sin inside di flesh. 4so dat di correct-and-holy way wey di law dey demand go complete inside us, wey no dey waka according to di flesh but according to di Spirit. 5Those wey dey live by di flesh dey put dia mind for wetin di flesh want; but those wey dey live by di Spirit, dem dey put dia mind for wetin di Spirit want. 6Because mind wey fix for di flesh na death; but mind wey fix for di Spirit na life and peace. 7Because di mind wey di flesh dey rule dey fight against our Papa; e no dey submit to our Papa im law—true-true, e no fit. 8Those wey di sinful nature dey rule no fit make our Papa happy.
9But una no dey inside di flesh, una dey inside di Spirit, if e be say di Spirit of our Papa dey live inside una. Anybody wey no get di Spirit of Christ no be im own. 10But if Christ dey inside una, di body don die because of sin, but di Spirit na life because of correct-and-holy way. 11So if di Spirit of our Papa wey raise Jesus comot from death dey live inside una, di One wey raise Christ comot from death go also make una body wey dey die come alive through im Spirit wey dey live inside una.
12So then, my brothers and sisters, we no owe di flesh anything — say make we live by am. 13Because if una dey live by di flesh, una go die; but if by di Spirit una kill di deeds of di body, una go live. 14Because everybody wey di Spirit of our Papa dey lead, na di pikin dem of our Papa. 15Una no collect spirit of slavery, wey go carry una go back inside fear, but una collect di Spirit of adoption, wey make us dey cry, “Abba! Papa!” a a v15 Abba — na Jesus im own intimate cry to di Papa for Gethsemane. Through di Spirit of restoration, di same cry come be our own: we dey call our Papa with di same closeness wey Jesus get. 16Di Spirit imsef dey bear witness together with our spirit say we be di pikin dem of our Papa. 17If we be pikin, then we be heir dem — heir of our Papa, and co-heir together with Christ, if we dey suffer together with am, so dat we go also share im glory together with am.
Creation Dey Wait for di Pikin dem of our Papa
18I take am say di suffering of dis time no be anything if you put am near di glory wey dem go show us. 19Because creation dey wait with strong longing for di time wey dem go show di pikin dem of our Papa. 20Because dem put creation under frustration — no be by im own choice, but by di One wey put am under am — inside hope 21say creation imsef go free comot from im slavery to decay, enter inside di freedom of di glory of di pikin dem of our Papa. 22Because we know say di whole creation don dey groan together, like woman wey dey labour pain, reach till now. 23No be only dat, but us too — wey get di firstfruits of di Spirit — we dey groan inside oursef, as we dey long for our adoption, di redemption of our body. 24Na inside dis hope dem save us. But hope wey person dey see no be hope again — who go dey hope for wetin e don already see? 25But if we dey hope for wetin we no dey see, we dey wait for am with patience.
26Na so di Spirit too dey help our weakness: we no sabi wetin we suppose pray for as e suppose be, but di Spirit imsef dey plead for us with groans wey no get word. 27And di One wey dey search heart sabi di mind of di Spirit, because di Spirit dey intercede for di saints according to di will of our Papa.
28We know say all things dey work together for good for those wey love our Papa, wey E call according to im purpose. 29Those wey E know before, na dem E also mark before say make dem take di shape of im Pikin im image, so dat E go be di firstborn among plenty brothers and sisters. b b v29 Di eternal purpose of our Papa na family — Jesus na di firstborn Pikin, and plenty brothers and sisters wey dem shape make dem resemble am. Dis restoration no be picture-talk; na di family wey our Papa always mean to get. 30Those wey E mark before, na dem E also call; those wey E call, na dem E also make correct-and-holy; and those wey E make correct-and-holy, na dem E also glorify.
31So wetin we go talk about all dis things? If our Papa dey for us, who fit stand against us? 32E no hold back im own Pikin but E give am up for all of us — how E no go also, together with am, freely give us everything? 33Who go fit bring any accusation against di people wey our Papa choose? Na our Papa be di One wey dey make person correct-and-holy. 34Who go condemn? Na Christ Jesus—wey die, and pass dat, wey dem raise up, wey dey for di right hand of our Papa, wey true-true dey intercede for us.
35Wetin fit separate us from di love of Christ? Na suffering, or wahala, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As dem write am: ‘Because of you, dem dey kill us di whole day; dem count us like sheep wey dem wan slaughter.’
37No o, inside all dis things we pass conqueror through di One wey love us. 38Because I dey sure say no be death, no be life, no be angel dem, no be rulers, no be di things of now, no be di things wey dey come, no be any power, 39no be height, no be depth, no be any other thing for di whole creation, fit separate us from di love of our Papa wey dey inside Christ Jesus our Oga.
