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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.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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