Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love (Romans 8:19–39)
Have you ever gone through a hard time and wondered where God was? Or felt so weak and tired that you didn’t know what to pray? Romans 8:19–39 reminds us that God is always with us, that He is working for our good, and that nothing can ever separate us from His love.
This passage is full of comfort, hope, and encouragement—especially for people who are going through difficult seasons.
Let’s take a look at what it says in simple terms.
Creation Is Waiting for Freedom
Paul starts by painting a big picture. He says that all of creation—that means the earth, the animals, everything—is waiting for the day when God will make everything right.
Right now, the world is full of pain, sickness, and brokenness. But that’s not the end of the story.
Just like a mother goes through pain during childbirth, the world is going through suffering now. But something beautiful is coming—a brand-new world where everything will be healed.
“All creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.”
— Romans 8:19 (NLT)
We Groan, Too—But We Have Hope
We all feel the pain of this broken world. We get sick. We grieve. We feel sad or overwhelmed. But if we belong to Jesus, we have hope. We are waiting for the day when we’ll be given new bodies and live in God’s perfect presence forever.
This hope keeps us going, even when things are hard.
The Holy Spirit Helps Us Pray
Have you ever felt so tired, scared, or confused that you didn’t even know what to pray? Paul tells us that God’s Spirit helps us in those moments.
When we don’t have the words, the Holy Spirit speaks to God for us—with deep feelings too big for words. And God understands completely, because He knows our hearts.
“The Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.”
— Romans 8:26 (NLT)
God Is Working for Our Good
One of the most famous verses in the Bible is found here:
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God…”
— Romans 8:28 (NLT)
This doesn’t mean everything that happens to us is good. It means that God can take even the bad things and use them for good—to help us grow, to draw us closer to Him, and to fulfill His plan.
God is always working behind the scenes, even when we can’t see it.
If God Is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
Paul wants us to be confident: God is for us! He even gave up His own Son, Jesus, to save us. So why would He stop helping us now?
No one can accuse or condemn us—because Jesus died for us and now prays for us. That’s how much God loves us.
“If God is for us, who can ever be against us?”
— Romans 8:31 (NLT)
Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love
Paul ends this chapter with a beautiful promise: Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.
Not trouble. Not pain. Not fear. Not death. Not even our mistakes. God’s love is stronger than anything in this world.
“I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love… indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
— Romans 8:38–39 (NLT)
What This Means for Us
Romans 8:19–39 gives us incredible hope:
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The world is broken now, but God will fix it.
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We don’t suffer alone—God’s Spirit is with us.
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God is always working for our good.
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We are deeply loved, and nothing can take that away.
Final Thought:
When life is painful and the future feels uncertain, remember this: You are never alone, and you are always loved.
Hold on to hope. Trust the Spirit’s help. And never forget—nothing can separate you from the love of God that is yours in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:19-39 (WEB)
8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. 23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? 25 But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. 27 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written,“For your sake we are killed all day long.We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.