¹⁹ For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(A) to be revealed. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,^(B) in hope ²¹ that^[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^(C) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^(D)

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(E) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ²³ Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,^(F) groan^(G) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(H) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(I) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(J) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(K) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(L)

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit^(M) himself intercedes for us^(N) through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(O) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes^(P) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.