Romans 8:9–25

⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^xthe Spirit of God dwells in you. ^yAnyone who does not have ^zthe Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of ^ahim who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus⁴ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^bthrough his Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

¹²So then, brothers,⁵ we are debtors, ^cnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^dput to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^eled by the Spirit of God are ^fsons⁶ of God. ¹⁵For ^gyou did not receive ^hthe spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ⁱadoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^j“Abba! Father!” ^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.