Romans 8:5-25

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⁵ Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^(A) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^{(B) 6} The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(C) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(D) and peace. ⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(E) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸ Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(F) cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(G) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(H) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(I) they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you,^(J) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^[a] because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^(K) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(L) because of^[b] his Spirit who lives in you.

¹² Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^{(M) 13} For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^(N) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^(O) you will live.^(P)

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(Q) are the children of God.^{(R) 15} The Spirit^(S) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;^(T) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[c] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[d] Father.”^{(U) 16} The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit^(V) that we are God’s children.^{(W) 17} Now if we are children, then we are heirs^(X)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings^(Y) in order that we may also share in his glory.^(Z)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.^{(AA) 19} For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(AB) to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,^(AC) in hope ²¹ that^[e] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^(AD) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^(AE)

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(AF) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,^(AG) groan^(AH) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(AI) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(AJ) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(AK) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(AL) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(AM)