"But when these thingsbeginto take place,straightenup and liftup your heads,becauseyour redemptionis drawing near."
And there was a womanwho for eighteenyearshad hada sicknesscaused by a spirit;and she was bent double,and couldnot straightenup at all.
now,will not Godbring aboutjusticefor His electwho cryto Him dayand night,and will He delay longoverthem?
ThenHe toldthem a parable:"Beholdthe fig treeand allthe trees;
For the anxious longingof the creationwaits eagerlyfor the revealingof the sonsof God.
And not onlythis, but alsowe ourselves,havingthe first fruitsof the Spirit,evenwe ourselvesgroanwithinourselves,waiting eagerlyfor [our] adoption as sons,the redemptionof our body.
whois given as a pledgeof our inheritance,with a viewto the redemptionof [God's own] possession,to the praiseof His glory.
Do not grievethe HolySpiritof God,by whomyou were sealedfor the dayof redemption.
