I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to son-ship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Sin is at the root of our suffering. God said that if Adam and the sons of Adam sin, they will surely die. And in dying comes suffering. Thank God for Jesus Christ who through the Cross defeated death and gave us eternal life. This is the great hope for the Christian that they will allow the mortal body to die, and put on an imperishable body as they enter eternity.
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