• Romans 8:27
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 27 ὁ the (one) δὲ but ἐραυνῶν searching τὰς the καρδίας hearts οἶδεν has known τί what τὸ the φρόνημα minding τοῦ of the πνεύματος, spirit, ὅτι that κατὰ according to θεὸν God ἐντυγχάνει is happening on ὑπὲρ over ἁγίων. holy (ones).

  • Romans 8:27
    King James Version

    • 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

  • Romans Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 8:27

      the meaning of the spirit: Or “the mind (thought) of the spirit,” that is, of God’s spirit, or active force. Since God caused his spirit to direct Bible writers to record the thoughts found in the Scriptures, he knows the meaning of those spirit-inspired thoughts. But Paul here shows that as the one who searches the hearts, God even knows what Scriptural thoughts effectively speak for his earthly servants when they are too distressed to know what to pray for. It is as if those spirit-inspired passages were pleading, or interceding, on behalf of God’s holy ones. (Ro 8:26) Using the Greek term for “mind” and the verb rendered “pleading” is another example of God’s spirit being personified in the Scriptures.​—See study note on Joh 14:16.