Romans 8:23

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And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

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  • Eph 1:14 : 14 Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
  • Rom 8:19 : 19 For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
  • Rom 8:25-26 : 25 But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it. 26 And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;
  • 2 Cor 5:2-5 : 2 For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven: 3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed. 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life. 5 Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
  • Rom 8:15-16 : 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:
  • Luke 21:28 : 28 But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit. 22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
  • Phil 3:20-21 : 20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
  • Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • Luke 20:36 : 36 And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith, 23 Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
  • Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
  • 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

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  • Rom 8:8-22
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    8So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

    9You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

    10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

    12So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

    13For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.

    14And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

    15For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

    16The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God:

    17And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

    18I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

    19For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

    20For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

    21That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

    22For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

  • Rom 8:24-27
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    24For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

    25But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

    26And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

    27And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.

  • 2 Cor 5:2-5
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    2For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

    3So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

    5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • Gal 4:5-6
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    5That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.

    6And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

  • Eph 1:14
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    14Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

  • Rom 8:4-5
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    4So that what was ordered by the law might be done in us, who are living, not in the way of the flesh, but in the way of the Spirit.

    5For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.

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    5For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

  • Phil 3:20-21
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    20For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

    21By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

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    22And it is he who has put his stamp on us, even the Spirit, as the sign in our hearts of the coming glory.

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    18Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

  • Rom 8:1-2
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    1For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

  • Rom 5:2-3
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    2Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

    3And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

  • Rom 5:11
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    11And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

  • Rom 8:29
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    29Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

  • 1 John 3:2
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    2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    5And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • Rom 7:23-24
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    23But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

    24How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

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    3Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

  • 1 Cor 15:23
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    23But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

  • 2 Cor 4:10
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    10In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

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    5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.