23. And not only so, but even we ourselves who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we ourselves also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
24. For in this expectation we were saved, but expectation that is seen is not expectation, for when anyone sees, does he expect it?
25. And if we expect what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
26. And in the same way the Spirit does help in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray, but the Spirit Himself pleads our case for us with groanings unutterable.
27. And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the set-apart ones according to Elohim.
28. And we know that all matters work together for good to those who love Elohim, to those who are called according to His purpose.
29. Because those whom He knew beforehand, He also ordained beforehand to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, for Him to be the first-born among many brothers.
30. And whom He ordained beforehand, these He also called, and whom He called, these He also declared right. And whom He declared right, these He also esteemed.
31. What then shall we say to this? If Elohim is for us, who is against us?
32. Truly, He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up on behalf of us all – how shall He not, along with Him, freely give us all else?
33. Who shall bring any charge against Elohim’s chosen ones? It is Elohim who is declaring right.
34. Who is he who is condemning? It is Messiah who died, and furthermore is also raised up, who is also at the right hand of Elohim, who also makes intercession for us.
35. Who shall separate us from the love of the Messiah? Shall pressure, or distress, or persecution, or scarcity of food, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
36. As it has been written, “For Your sake we are killed all day long, we are reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”
37. But in all this we are more than overcomers through Him who loved us.
38. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities nor powers, neither the present nor the future,