²³ and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.^(A)

²⁰ But our citizenship^[a] is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. ²¹ He will transform the body of our humiliation^[b] that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,^[c] by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.^(A)

² For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly dwelling, ³ for surely when we have been clothed in it^[a] we will not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burden because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.^{(A) 5} The one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a down payment.^(B)

²⁸ so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.^(A)

¹⁴ this^[a] is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.^(A)

³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.^(A)

¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior,^[a] Jesus Christ.^(A)

²⁴ Wretched person that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

⁵ For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.^(A)

¹⁹ For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,