The list names ranks of spiritual powers and two astrological terms: height and depth, hypsoma and bathos, are technical words for a planet's exaltation and its opposite. Paul is denying that the fates written in the heavens can hold.
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TextFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
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This source names The Fates directly: "Paul is denying that the fates written in the heavens can hold."
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Romans 8:38-39View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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