24 That's the hope we had when we were saved. But hope that can be seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
25 We hope for what we don't have yet. So we are patient as we wait for it.
26 In the same way, the Holy Spirit helps us when we are weak. We don't know what we should pray for. But the Spirit himself prays for us. He prays with groans too deep for words.
27 God, who looks into our hearts, knows the mind of the Spirit. And the Spirit prays for God's people just as God wants him to pray.
28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. He appointed them to be saved in keeping with his purpose.
29 God planned that those he had chosen would become like his Son. In that way, Christ will be the first and most honored among many brothers.
30 And those God has planned for, he has also appointed to be saved. Those he has appointed, he has made right with himself. To those he has made right with himself, he has given his glory.