18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us.
19
The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.
20
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by
its own choice, but by the will of
the one who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation
itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the
glorious freedom of the children of God.
22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth
right up to the present time.
23
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the
firstfruits
of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the
redemption of our bodies.
24
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who
hopes for what he already has?
25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait
for it patiently.
26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for
us with groans
that words cannot express.
27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit
intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him,
who have been called according to His purpose.
29
For those God
foreknew He also predestined to be
conformed to the likeness of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many
brothers.
30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified;
those He justified, He also glorified.
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