17andifchildrenG5043,thenheirsκληρονόμοι·klēronomoiG2818;heirsκληρονόμοιklēronomoiG2818ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,andjoint-heirswithChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547;ifsoἵναinaG2443bethatwesufferσυμπάσχομενsumpaschomenG4841withhim,thatwemaybealsoG2532glorifiedwithhim. 18ForIreckonthatthesufferingsofthispresentνῦνnunG3568timeκαιροῦkairouG2540arenotworthyG514tobecomparedwiththegloryδόξανdoxanG1391whichshallberevealedἀποκαλυφθῆναιapokaluphthēnaiG601tous-ward. 19FortheearnestἀποκαραδοκίαapokaradokiaG603expectationG603ofthecreationκτίσεωςktiseōsG2937waitethfortherevealingofthesonsυἱῶνhuiōnG5207ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316. 20ForthecreationκτίσιςktisisG2937wassubjectedὑπετάγη,hupetagēG5293tovanity,notofitsown will,butbyreasonofhimwhosubjectedὑποτάξαντα,hupotaxantaG5293it,inhopeἑλπίδιhelpidiG1680 21thatthecreationκτίσιςktisisG2937itselfalsoκαὶkaiG2532shallbedeliveredfromthebondageofcorruptionintothelibertyofthegloryδόξηςdoxēsG1391ofthechildrenG5043ofGodθεοῦ.theouG2316. 22ForweknowthatthewholecreationκτίσιςktisisG2937groanethandtravailethinpaintogetheruntilnowνῦν·nunG3568. 23AndnotonlyG3440so,butourselvesalsoG2532,whohavethefirst-fruitsoftheSpiritπνεύματοςpneumatosG4151,evenG2532weourselvesgroanστενάζομενstenazomenG4727withinourselves,waitingforouradoptionυἱοθεσίανhuiothesianG5206,towit,theredemptionἀπολύτρωσινapolutrōsinG629ofourbodyσώματοςsōmatosG4983. 25Butifwehopeἐλπίζομεν,elpizomenG1679forthatwhichweseeβλέπομενblepomenG991not,thenG1161dowewithpatiencewaitforit. 26AndinlikemannertheSpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151alsoκαὶkaiG2532helpethourinfirmityG769:forweknownothowtoprayπροσευξώμεθαproseuxōmethaG4336asweoughtG1163;buttheSpiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151himselfmaketh intercessionforuswithgroaningswhichcannotbeuttered; American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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