And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death.

Expectation

"whom the heavens must receive until the time of restoration of all things. "God spoke of this ages ago, through the mouth of his holy prophets.

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety;

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and the sea is no more.

The manifestation

"But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he take his seat on the throne of his glory;

We are God's children now, beloved; what we shall be has never yet been made manifest. But we know that when he is manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.