21. that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22. We know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
23. Not only that, but we also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan within ourselves while eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24. For we are saved through hope, but hope that is seen is not hope, for why does a man still hope for what he sees?
25. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26. Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses, for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.