Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.