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For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die, but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the practices of the body, you will live.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

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.

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he already sees?

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we eagerly wait for it.

And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

He who indeed did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

nor are they all children because they are Abraham's seed, but: "through Isaac your seed will be named."

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are considered as seed.

And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that the purpose of God according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

Just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.