Romans 8:16–30

¹⁶The Spirit Himself ^atestifies with our spirit that we are ^bchildren of God,

¹⁷and if children, ^aheirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^bif indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^aare not worthy to be compared with the ^bglory that is to be revealed to us.

¹⁹For the ^aanxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for ^bthe revealing of the ^csons of God.

²⁰For the creation ^awas subjected to ^bfutility, not willingly, but ^cbecause of Him who subjected it, ¹in hope

²¹that ^athe creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

²²For we know that the whole creation ^agroans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

^23aAnd not only this, but also we ourselves, having ^bthe first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves ^cgroan within ourselves, ^dwaiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, ^ethe redemption of our body.

²⁴For ^ain hope we have been saved, but ^bhope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

²⁵But ^aif we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Our Victory in Christ

²⁶In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for ^awe do not know how to pray as we should, but ^bthe Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

²⁷and ^aHe who searches the hearts knows what ^bthe mind of the Spirit is, because He ^cintercedes for the ¹saints according to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that ¹God causes ^aall things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are ^bcalled according to His purpose.

²⁹For those whom He ^aforeknew, He also ^bpredestined to become ^cconformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the ^dfirstborn among many brethren;

³⁰and these whom He ^apredestined, He also ^bcalled; and these whom He called, He also ^cjustified; and these whom He justified, He also ^dglorified.