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