16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of Elohim,
17 and if children, also heirs – truly heirs of Elohim, and co-heirs with Messiah, if indeed we suffer with Him, in order that we also be exalted together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the esteem that is to be revealed in us.
19 For the intense longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of Elohim.
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not from choice, but because of Him who subjected it, in anticipation,
21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage to corruption into the esteemed freedom of the children of Elohim.
22 For we know that all the creation groans together, and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.