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Therefore, brethren, we are debtors--not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
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For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
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For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
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The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
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and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;
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because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.