² My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

⁵⁰ My friends, I want you to know that our bodies of flesh and blood will decay. This means they cannot share in God's kingdom, which lasts forever.

^23 (A) The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children.^[a] This means that our bodies will also be set free.

^21 (A) has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.