Bible Strands
Romans 8:38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul to the church in Rome, at the rhetorical climax of his argument that nothing can separate believers from God's love. He follows verse 37's "more than conquerors" and precedes verse 39's closing "nor anything else in all creation."
The words — πεπεισμαι (pepeismai), perfect passive of πείθω: "I have been persuaded" — a completed, settled state, not a momentary feeling.
The thread — The "neither…nor" structure echoes Romans 14:8 (whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord) and John 10:28 (no one can snatch them out of My hand). Paul's "I am convinced" (πεπεισμαι) recurs in 2 Timothy 1:12.
Why it lands — The list is exhaustive by design: it leaves no category where a reader can park their doubt. It asks whether you actually hold this as settled fact or treat it as a comfort to be accessed when convenient.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Cross-references
- John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Romans 14:8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- 1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Colossians 1:16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
- Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Romans 4:21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.