“We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,

groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons,

the redemption of our bodies.”

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time

are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

“And if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,

if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.”

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear,

but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father’.”

“As many as are led by the Spirit of God,

these are sons of God.”

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors – not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

For if you live according to the flesh you will die;

but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”

“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 

He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal 

bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

„And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin,

but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.“

„But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,

if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.“

“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God;

for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things

of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit,

the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death,

but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

“That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us

who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”

“For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh,

God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,

on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh.”

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,

who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free

from the law of sin and death.”

“O wretched man that I am!

Who will deliver me from this body of death?

Thanks be to God (for doing so) through Jesus Christ our Lord! 

So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind,

but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.”