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14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
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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.”
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
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The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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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.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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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.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
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For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
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