“Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. — The κατακρίνω (katakrínō, "condemn") is not possible because Christ, the Risen One, sits at the δεξιὰ (dexia, "right hand") of God and (crucially) ἐντυγχάνω (entynchanō, "intercedes") for believers. The exalted Christ's intercession is continuous advocacy. Condemnation is ontologically impossible in the face of Christ's ascended intercession.
Church Fathers on Romans 8:34
Who is He that condemns? He does not say, it is God that forgave our sins, but what is much greater, “It is God that justifies.” For when the Judge's sentence declares us just, and a Judge such as that too, what signifies the accuser? Hence neither is it right to fear temptations, for God is for us, and has shown it by what He has done; nor again Jewish triflings, for He has both elected and justified us, and the wondrous thing is that it was also by the death of His Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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