Romans 8:35
King James Version
5 Jun 2026
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ἀγαπάω
Love
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ἀγαπάω
Not the love of emotion or feeling — this is the love of will and choice. God did not love the world because it was loveable. He loved it because that is who He is. Agapao is love that gives everything without expecting anything back.
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θλῖψις
Tribulation
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θλῖψις
Tribulation, affliction, pressure. Thlipsis. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart I have overcome the world. Trouble is guaranteed. Victory is also guaranteed.
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Ἰησοῦς
Christ
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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μάχαιρα
sword?
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μάχαιρα
A sword. The sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. It cuts between soul and spirit. It is sharper than any two-edged sword.
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κίνδυνος
danger
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κίνδυνος
An anchor. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hope in God does not shift when the storm comes.
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τίς
Who
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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χωρίζω
will separate
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χωρίζω
to place room between, i.e. part; reflexively, to go away
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στενοχωρία
distress
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στενοχωρία
narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity
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γυμνότης
nakedness
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γυμνότης
nudity (absolute or comparative)
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λιμός
famine
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λιμός
a scarcity of food
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διωγμός
persecution
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διωγμός
persecution
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