Romans 8:18-30 - The Glory That Is To Be Revealed

¹⁸ for I consider, that the sufferings of this present life are infinitely over-ballanc'd by that glory which shall hereafter be discovered to us. ¹⁹ mankind impatiently desire that the divine being would display himself to his creatures, ²⁰ who were not, by their own choice, expos'd to this uncertain state, but by virtue of him, who subjected them thereto: ²¹ and therefore hope to be removed from this slavish condition of mortality to the free inheritance of divine glory. ²² for we know that the whole creation groans, and labours with general pain even to this day. ²³ and not only they, but even those who have the first fruits of the spirit, even we our selves do inwardly groan for the fruit of our adoption, by the deliverance of our body from corruption. ²⁴ for we are saved but by hope: but hope supposes things not yet present; for how can a man hope for what he has now in possession? ²⁵ but if we hope for what is yet to come, our patience does necessarily intervene.

²⁶ The spirit likewise softens our afflictions: for being at a loss to apply for the most proper relief; the spirit it self affects us with those pious ejaculations, which we can't well express. ²⁷ and he that penetrates into the heart approves what the spirit desires, because what he demands for the saints is agreeable to the divine will.

²⁸ We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them: ²⁹ for whom he before approv'd, he predispos'd to follow the example of his son, who was to conduct them all as their elder brother; ³⁰ but whom he predispos'd, he calls: and whom he has call'd, he justifies: and whom he has justified, he glorifies.