Romans 8:16–30

^16kThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^lheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^mprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ⁿare not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^othe revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^pwas subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^qbecause of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^rthe creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that ^sthe whole creation ^thas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^uthe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^vgroan inwardly as ^wwe wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^xthe redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For ^yin this hope we were saved. Now ^zhope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^await for it with patience.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^bwe do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^cthe Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷And ^dhe who searches hearts knows what is ^ethe mind of the Spirit, because⁷ the Spirit ^fintercedes for the saints ^gaccording to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that for those who love God all things work together ^hfor good,⁸ for ⁱthose who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For those whom he ^jforeknew he also ^kpredestined ^lto be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^mthe firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ⁿjustified, and those whom he justified he also ^oglorified.