8:12 So then, 1 brothers and sisters, 2 we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh 8:13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will 3 die), 4 but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are 5 the sons of God. 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, 6 but you received the Spirit of adoption, 7 by whom 8 we cry, “Abba, Father.” 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness to 9 our spirit that we are God’s children. 8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) 10 – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
8:18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared 11 to the glory that will be revealed to us.