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Time after Pentecost · Proper 12 · Year A

Romans 8:28-39

More Than Conquerors

July 26, 2026

Saint Paul Writing, Pier Francesco Sacchi
Saint Paul Writing, Pier Francesco Sacchi, 1520sThe National Gallery, London
Paul in a red cloak sits writing at a desk by a window, a crucifix and his sword beside him, a landscape opening behind.The Spirit intercedes for the saints … We know that all things work together for good for those who love God … nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.Pier Francesco SacchiA Genoese painter of the early sixteenth century, known for richly detailed saints.The National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery, London.The National Gallery, London
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 13:44-52Mt 13:44-52
EpistleRom. 8:28-39Rom 8:28-39
Old TestamentDeut. 7:6-9Dt 7:6-9
PsalterPs. 125Ps 125

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

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Romans 8:26-39, covering this Sunday's assurance of God's unbreakable love.

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

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

CEP: Romans 8:26-39 CommentaryCEP: Rom 8:26-39 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary covering these verses on God's providential and unbeatable love.

StudyLight: Romans 8 CommentariesStudyLight: Rom 8 Commentaries StudyLight

Many complete commentaries on Romans 8 gathered on one passage page.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Romans 8:28BibleHub: Commentaries on Rom 8:28 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to all things working together for good.

Background & Word Study

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

Animated overview of the second half of Romans and its argument about life in the Spirit.

BibleHub: Romans 8 InterlinearBibleHub: Rom 8 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Romans 8.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Romans 8Catena: Rom 8 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Romans 8.

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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