Romans 8:22-27

Future Glory

22 For we know that s the whole creation t has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have u the firstfruits of the Spirit, v groan inwardly as w we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, x the redemption of our bodies. 24 For y in this hope we were saved. Now z hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we a wait for it with patience.

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For b we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but c the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And d he who searches hearts knows what is e the mind of the Spirit, because 1 the Spirit f intercedes for the saints g according to the will of God.

  1. Cross References
    Mark 16:15
    And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 12:4
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, "He will not see our latter end.
    Jeremiah 12:11
    They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:5
    He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
    James 1:18
    Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
  4. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:2
    For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.
    2 Corinthians 5:4
    For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened - not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 8:19
    For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
    Romans 8:25
    But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
    Isaiah 25:9
    It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord ; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
    Galatians 5:5
    For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
  6. Cross References
    Romans 7:24
    Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
    Luke 21:28
    Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
  7. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:3
    Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
    1 Thessalonians 5:8
    But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
  8. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:18
    As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
    Hebrews 11:1
    Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
  9. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:3
    Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
    1 Thessalonians 5:8
    But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 20:22
    Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able.
    James 4:3
    You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 12:10
    And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
    Ephesians 6:18
    Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
    John 14:16
    And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:7
    But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on hi...
    1 Chronicles 28:9
    And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your f...
    Proverbs 15:11
    Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord ; ho...
    Proverbs 17:3
    The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is ...
    Jeremiah 11:20
    But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, w...
    Jeremiah 17:10
    "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind,...
    Luke 16:15
    And he said to them, "You are those who justify...
    1 Thessalonians 2:4
    But just as we have been approved by God to be ...
  13. Cross References
    Romans 8:6
    For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 8:34
    Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
  15. Cross References
    1 John 5:14
    And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
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