Romans 8:17-22

17If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.

18I consider our present sufferings insignificant compared to the glory that will soon be revealed to us.

19All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are.

20Creation was subjected to frustration but not by its own choice. The one who subjected it to frustration did so in the hope

21that it would also be set free from slavery to decay in order to share the glorious freedom that the children of God will have.

22We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.