Rom 8:38-39 CSB For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, 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 the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul ransacks the universe for something that might conceivably separate us from God’s love, then dismisses the possibilities one by one—
- death with all its terrors;
- life with all its allurements;
- angels nor principalities, supernatural in power and knowledge;
- powers, whether human tyrants or angelic adversaries;
- things present, crashing in upon us;
- things to come, arousing fearful forebodings;
- height nor depth, those things that are in the realm of dimension or space, including occult forces. Then, to make sure that he is not missing anything,
- Paul adds: nor any other created thing.
The outcome of Paul’s search is that he can find nothing that can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
