But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
And behold, there was a woman who for eighteen years had a sickness caused by a spirit, and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.
Now, will God not bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
Then He told them a parable: “Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
For the anxious longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.