³ For what the law was powerless^(A) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,^[a](B) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh^(C) to be a sin offering.^[b](D) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement^(E) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.^(F)

⁵ Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;^(G) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.^{(H) 6} The mind governed by the flesh is death,^(I) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life^(J) and peace. ⁷ The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;^(K) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. ⁸ Those who are in the realm of the flesh^(L) cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh^(M) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.^(N) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,^(O) they do not belong to Christ. ¹⁰ But if Christ is in you,^(P) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life^[c] because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead^(Q) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies^(R) because of^[d] his Spirit who lives in you.

¹² Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.^{(S) 13} For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;^(T) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,^(U) you will live.^(V)

¹⁴ For those who are led by the Spirit of God^(W) are the children of God.^{(X) 15} The Spirit^(Y) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;^(Z) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.^[e] And by him we cry, “Abba,^[f] Father.”^{(AA) 16} The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit^(AB) that we are God’s children.^{(AC) 17} Now if we are children, then we are heirs^(AD)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings^(AE) in order that we may also share in his glory.^(AF)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.^{(AG) 19} For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God^(AH) 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,^(AI) in hope ²¹ that^[g] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay^(AJ) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.^(AK)

²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning^(AL) 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,^(AM) groan^(AN) inwardly as we wait eagerly^(AO) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.^{(AP) 24} For in this hope we were saved.^(AQ) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.^(AR) Who hopes for what they already have? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.^(AS)

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^(AT) himself intercedes for us^(AU) through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts^(AV) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes^(AW) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good^(AX) of those who love him, who^[h] have been called^(AY) according to his purpose.^{(AZ) 29} For those God foreknew^(BA) he also predestined^(BB) to be conformed to the image of his Son,^(BC) that he might be the firstborn^(BD) among many brothers and sisters.