Romans 8:16–25 · BSB
8:16
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
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8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
8:19
The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
8:21
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
8:22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
8:23
Not only that, 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.
8:24
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
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