Romans 8:6-27

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⁶ The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(A) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(B) and peace. ⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(C) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸ Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(D) cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(E) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(F) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(G) they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you,^(H) 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^(I) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(J) 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.^{(K) 13} For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^(L) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^(M) you will live.^(N)

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

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.^{(Y) 19} For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(Z) 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,^(AA) in hope ²¹ that^[e] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^(AB) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^(AC)

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(AD) 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,^(AE) groan^(AF) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(AG) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(AH) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(AI) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(AJ) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(AK)

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit^(AL) himself intercedes for us^(AM) through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(AN) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes^(AO) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.