For you did not receive a spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

And hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Now He who has fashioned us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

meekness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

who is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?

For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling place out of Heaven,

For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.

For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were fightings, inside were fears.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For I am hard pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

that the testing of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found unto praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

nor is it possible for them to die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subject all things to Himself.

Hereafter, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all the ones loving His appearing.

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, without sin, unto salvation.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

And when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.

who is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.