Romans 8:32
What does Romans 8:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Romans 8:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Romans 8:32 means
God did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. This is the supreme demonstration of love and commitment. Therefore, with the Son given, God will surely grant everything else necessary for our salvation and final good. The logic is unassailable: having paid the highest cost, God will not fail to supply lesser gifts that serve the same purpose. “All things” are not luxuries but all that conduces to our conformity to Christ and ultimate glory. The cross is the pledge of providence. When doubts arise, believers are to look to Calvary and reason backward: the God who gave the greatest gift will not withhold what fulfills his redemptive plan.
Romans 8:32 in context
Romans 8 — No Condemnation, No Separation
The high-water mark of Paul's letters. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. The Spirit of life sets us free from the law of sin and death; the same Spirit cries 'Abba, Father' in our hearts and assures us we are children and heirs. Suffering is real, but the glory ahead is incomparably greater. All things work together for good to those who love God. And nothing — neither death nor life nor angels nor things present nor things to come — shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Justification
- Indwelling Spirit
- Adoption
- Final perseverance
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
KJV
King James Version · 1611He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?
Context
Continuing the triumphant assurance of verse 31, verse 32 argues from the greater to the lesser, grounding confidence in the Father’s gift of the Son. This sets the stage for the legal imagery in verses 33–34: no one can successfully accuse or condemn God’s elect, because God justifies and Christ died, rose, reigns, and intercedes. The argument builds inexorably toward the climactic affirmation of inseparable love in verses 35–39.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
- 1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- 1 Corinthians 2:12
But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
- Matthew 3:17
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- Psalms 84:11
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Angles a pastor or small-group leader might preach or teach from this passage, drawn from the chapter's main themes.
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