29. and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so that his Son would be the first of many children.
30. God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.
31. What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us?
32. God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?
33. If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them?
34. Or can anyone condemn them? No indeed! Christ died and was raised to life, and now he is at God's right side, speaking to him for us.
35. Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death?
36. It is exactly as the Scriptures say,“For you we face deathall day long.We are like sheepon their wayto be butchered.”