⁹You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^y but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^z And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^a they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you,^b then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^d because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^c is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^d because of^e his Spirit who lives in you.

¹²Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^e ¹³For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^f but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^g you will live.^h

¹⁴For those who are led by the Spirit of Godⁱ are the children of God.^j ¹⁵The Spirit^k you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;^l rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^f And by him we cry, “Abba,^g Father.”^m ¹⁶The Spirit himself testifies with our spiritⁿ that we are God’s children.^o ¹⁷Now if we are children, then we are heirs^p—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings^q in order that we may also share in his glory.^r

Present Suffering and Future Glory

¹⁸I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.^s ¹⁹For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^t to be revealed. ²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,^u in hope ²¹that^h the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^v and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^w

²²We know that the whole creation has been groaning^x as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,^y groan^z inwardly as we wait eagerly^a for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^b ²⁴For in this hope we were saved.^c But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^d Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^e

Read in Logos

Romans 8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Footnotes

dOr you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
eSome manuscripts bodies through
fThe Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
gAramaic for father
hOr subjected it in hope. 21For

Cross references

ySee Gal 5:24
zver 11; 1 Co 6:19; 2 Ti 1:14
a Jn 14:17; See Ac 16:7; 1 Jn 4:13
bver 9; Ex 29:45; Jn 14:20, 23; 2 Co 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:17; Col 1:27; Rev 3:20
cSee Ac 2:24
d Jn 5:21; See Ro 6:5
ever 4; See Gal 5:24
fSee Ro 6:23
gSee Ro 6:2
hver 6; Gal 6:8
iSee Gal 5:18
jver 19; Hos 1:10; Mal 3:17; Mt 5:9; See Jn 1:12; Gal 3:26; 4:5; Eph 1:5; Rev 21:7
kSee Jn 20:22
lSee 2 Ti 1:7
m Mk 14:36; Gal 4:5, 6
n 2 Co 1:22; Eph 1:13
oSee ver 14; See Jn 1:12
pSee Ac 20:32; Gal 3:29; 4:7; Eph 3:6; Tit 3:7
qSee 2 Co 1:5
r 2 Ti 2:12; 1 Pe 4:13
s 2 Co 4:17; 1 Pe 4:13; 5:1
tSee ver 14
u Ge 3:17–19; 5:29
v Ac 3:21; 2 Pe 3:13; Rev 21:1
wSee Jn 1:12
x Jer 12:4
ySee 2 Co 5:5
z 2 Co 5:2, 4
aver 19; Gal 5:5
bver 11; Php 3:21
c 1 Th 5:8; Tit 3:7
dSee 2 Co 4:18
e Ps 37:7