including the new bodies he has promised us. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, Greek wait anxiously for sonship. 23And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. 22For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. But with eager hope, 21the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 20Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. 19For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. The Future Glory 18Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. 17And since we are his children, we are his heirs. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.” 16For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. of God.ġ5So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. 14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children Greek sons also in 8:19. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, Greek deeds of the body. 13For if you live by its dictates, you will die. you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.ġ2Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, Greek brothers also in 8:29. 11The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. because you have been made right with God. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life Or your spirit is alive. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. 8That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.ĩBut you are not controlled by your sinful nature. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 7For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 6So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. 4He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.ĥThose who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. 3The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. from the power of sin that leads to death. of the life-giving Spirit has freed you Some manuscripts read me. 2And because you belong to him, the power Greek the law also in 8:2b. Life in the Spirit 1So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
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