The Daily Audio Bible

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit— since^[a] the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this one is not of ^[b] Him.

And The Spirit Is True Life In Us Now, And Will Give Life To Our Mortal Bodies

¹⁰ And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life^[c] because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of the One having raised Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, the One having raised Christ from the dead will also give-life-to your mortal bodies through His Spirit dwelling in you.

So We Are Debtors To The Spirit To Put To Death The Deeds of The Flesh And Live

¹² So then, brothers, we are debtors— not to the flesh, that we should be living in accordance with the flesh. ¹³ For if ^[d] you are living in accordance with the flesh, you are going-to^[e] die. But if by the Spirit you are putting-to-death the practices of the body, you will live.

For Those Being So Led By The Spirit Are The Adopted Children of God

¹⁴ For^[f] all who are being led^[g] by the Spirit of God, these are sons^[h] of God. ¹⁵ For you did not receive a spirit^[i] of slavery again leading-to fear, but you received a Spirit^[j] of adoption by Whom we are crying-out “Abba^[k]! Father!” ¹⁶ The Spirit Himself bears-witness-with our spirit that we are children of God!

This Means We Are Joint-Heirs With Christ, Sharing His Suffering And Glory

¹⁷ And if we are children, we are heirs also. We are heirs of God, and fellow-heirs of Christ, since^[l] we are suffering-with Him in order that we may also be glorified-with Him. ¹⁸ For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to the glory destined to be revealed to^[m] us.

Creation Itself Groans To Share In Our Glory

¹⁹ For the eager-expectation of the creation is awaiting^[n] the revelation of the sons of God. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility^[o]— not willingly^[p], but because of the One having subjected it— in hope^{[q] 21} that the creation itself also will be set-free from the slavery of ^[r] decay into the freedom of ^[s] the glory of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation is groaning-together and suffering-birthpains-together^[t] until the present.

We Groan For The Redemption of Our Body

²³ And not only creation, but also ourselves having the firstfruit^[u] of the Spirit— we ourselves also are groaning within ourselves while eagerly-awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body. ²⁴ For we were saved in hope. But hope being seen is not hope, for who hopes-for what he sees? ²⁵ But since we hope-for what we do not see, we are eagerly-awaiting it with endurance.