Romans 8:5-27

⁵For they who are according to the flesh have their mind on the things of the flesh; but they who are according to the Spirit, on the things of the Spirit.

⁶For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.

⁷Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it doth not submit itself to the Law of God, neither indeed can it.

⁸And they who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any one hath to not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

¹¹But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

¹²So then, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

¹³For if ye live according to the flesh, ye are sure to die; but if by the Spirit ye make an end of the deeds of the body, ye will live.

¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are sons of God.

¹⁵For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage so as to be again in fear; but ye received the spirit of adopted children, whereby we cry, Abba, Father!

¹⁶The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;

¹⁷and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are suffering with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

¹⁸For I esteem the sufferings of the present time as of no account, when compared with the glory which is about to be revealed to us.

¹⁹For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God.

²⁰For the creation was brought into subjection to vanity not of its own will, but by reason of him who put it into subjection,

²¹in hope that even the creation itself will be set free from the bondage of corruption and brought into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

²²For we know that the whole creation is together groaning and suffering the pains of labor, up to this time;

²³and not only so, but even we ourselves also, though having the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption as sons, for the redemption of our body.

²⁴For we were saved only in hope. But hope which is seen is not hope; how can a man hope for that which he seeth?

²⁵But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.

²⁶In like manner the Spirit also helpeth our weakness; for we know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedeth with groans which cannot be expressed in words.

²⁷But he that searcheth the hearts knoweth the mind of the Spirit, because it intercedeth for the holy according to the will of God.