008:008 Those who are in the flesh can't please God. 008:009 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. 008:010 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 008:011 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. 008:012 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 008:013 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 008:014 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. 008:015 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba{Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}! Father!" 008:016 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; 008:017 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. 008:018 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us. 008:019 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 008:020 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 008:021 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. 008:022 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. 008:023 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. 008:024 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? 008:025 But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience. 008:026 In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered. 008:027 He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God. 008:028 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.