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12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
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So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—
13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
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for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
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For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
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For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, "Abba! Father!"
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
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it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ—if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
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For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God;
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
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for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
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that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;
23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
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and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
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For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
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