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Ordinary Time · Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A

Romans 8:35, 37-39

More Than Conquerors

August 2, 2026

Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, with John Colet, Unknown illuminator, Flemish or working in England
Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, with John Colet, Unknown illuminator, Flemish or working in England, 1506The British Library, London
From a manuscript of Paul’s letters made for John Colet: Paul in a red cloak sits writing in a green Flemish landscape, a man with a sword stands beside him, and Colet himself kneels in prayer, with a walled town behind.In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us … nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.Unknown illuminator, Flemish or working in EnglandAn unnamed illuminator in the circle of the great Flemish book painters, working for the Dean of St Paul’s, who lectured in Oxford on these very letters.The British Library, LondonThe British Library in London, the national library of the United Kingdom.The British Library, London
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 14:13-21Mt 14:13-21
Second ReadingRom. 8:35, 37-39Rom 8:35, 37-39
First ReadingIsa. 55:1-3Is 55:1-3
Responsorial PsalmPs. 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18

Overview & Insights

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)

1. Suffering/glory (8:18) 2. Three groanings (8:19–27) a. Creation groans (hope for the revelation of the children of God) (8:19–22) b. Believers groan (firstfruits of the Spirit / by hope we were saved) (8:23–25) c. The Spirit groans (the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses) (8:26–27) 3. Suffering/glory (8:28–30)1 Each of these points—suffering/glory, the groaning of creation, the groaning of Christians, and the groaning of the Spirit—includes blessings of the age to come and the new covenant that have already dawned for Christians but are not yet complete.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Romans 8:26-39Working Preacher: Commentary on Rom 8:26-39 Working Preacher

A preaching focused reading of this hymn to God's love that covers these verses.

Enduring Word: Romans 8Enduring Word: Rom 8 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

Bible Hub: Romans 8:35 CommentariesBible Hub: Rom 8:35 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic and modern commentaries on the love that nothing can sever.

Barnes' Notes on Romans 8Barnes' Notes on Rom 8 StudyLight

A concise nineteenth century commentary on the chapter.

Brant Pitre on the 18th Sunday Readings (Year A) Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre

A Catholic reading of the inseparable love of Christ alongside the day's Gospel.

Background & Word Study

Bible Hub Interlinear: Romans 8Bible Hub Interlinear: Rom 8 BibleHub

The Greek text with parsing and gloss for each word.

BibleProject: Overview of Romans 5-16BibleProject: Overview of Rom 5-16 BibleProject

An animated walk through the second half of the letter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Romans 8Catena: Rom 8 Catena

Early church comment on the love of God gathered by verse.

Questions preachers ask

What is the confidence of Romans 8?

God who did not spare his own Son will give us all things; it is God who justifies, and Christ who intercedes, so nothing can separate us from his love.

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