the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.
008:022 For we know that the whole of Creation is groaning together
in the pains of childbirth until this hour.
008:023 And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess
the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future,
yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open
recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.
008:024 It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object
of hope is such no longer when it is present to view;
for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said
to hope for it?
008:025 But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we
eagerly and patiently wait for it.
008:026 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we
do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them.
But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can
find no words,
008:027 and the Searcher of hearts knows what the Spirit's meaning is,
because His intercessions for God's people are in harmony
with God's will.
008:028 Now we know that for those who love God all things are working
together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate
purpose He has called.
008:029 For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined
to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest
in a vast family of brothers;
008:030 and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called;
and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt;
and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also
crowned with glory.