26. Also, the Spirit helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us, even begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.
27. God can see what is in people’s hearts. And he knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit speaks to God for his people in the way that God wants.
28. We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. They are the people God called, because that was his plan.
29. God knew them before he made the world. And God chose them to be like his Son. Then Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers.
30. God planned for them to be like his Son. And those he planned to be like his Son, he also called. And those he called, he also made right with him. And those he made right, he also glorified.
31. So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no one can defeat us.
32. God let even his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.
33. Who can accuse the people that God has chosen? No one! God is the One who makes them right.
34. Who can say that God’s people are guilty? No one! Christ Jesus died, but that is not all. He was also raised from death. And now he is on God’s right side and is begging God for us.
35. Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings? If we have no food or clothes, if we are in danger, or even if death comes—can any of these things separate us from Christ’s love?